President of ExxonMobil Upstream Company, Dan
Patient found bleeding at psychiatric hospital dies; probe underway
...says companies also interested in onshore petroleum activities
Hundreds of young people attended the Youth Forum at the 2026 Guyana Energy Conference & Supply Chain Expo at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown. (Guyana Energy)
(Reuters) - The U S Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, handing a stinging defeat to theRepublicanpresidentina landmark opinion on Friday with major implications for theglobaleconomy
The justices, in a 6-3
ruling authored by conservative Chief Justice JohnRoberts,upheldalower court’sdecisionthatTrump’s use of this 1977 law exceeded his authority The justices ruled that the law at issue - the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA - did not grant Trump the power heclaimedtoimposetariffs.
“Our task today is to decide only whether the power to “regulate ... importation,” as granted to the president in IEEPA, embraces the power to impose tariffs. It does not,” Roberts wrote in the ruling, quotingthestatute’stextthat Trump claimed had justified hissweepingtariffs.
Trump has leveraged tariffs - taxes on imported goods - as a key economic andforeignpolicytool.They havebeencentraltoaglobal trade war that Trump initiated after he began his second term as president, onethathasalienatedtrading partners, affected financial markets and caused global economicuncertainty
Roberts, citing a prior SupremeCourtruling,wrote that “the president must ‘pointto clearcongressional authorization’ to justify his extraordinary assertion of thepowertoimposetariffs,” adding:“Hecannot.”
Democrats and various industry groups hailed the ruling Many business groups expressed concern that the decision will lead to months of additional uncertainty as the administration pursues new tariffs through other legal authorities. The ruling did not address the issue of the governmentrefundingtariffs thatwerestruckdown.
The ruling sent U S stock indexes, long buffeted
by Trump’s unpredictable moves on tariffs, up by the mostinmorethantwoweeks and weakened the dollar. Treasury yields edged higher.
A ‘DISGRACE’
Trump was addressing a gathering of state governors at theWhite House when he was handed a note from an
aide informing him of the Supreme Court decision, according to two sources familiar with the event. Trump appeared visibly frustrated and told the audience that the ruling was a “disgrace” and that he had to do something about the courts, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity
AtaneventinGeorgiaon Thursday on the eve of the ruling,Trumpsaid,“Without tariffs everybodywouldbe bankrupt. Everybody The whole country would be bankrupt And the language is clear that I have therighttodoitaspresident. I have the right to put tariffs on for national security purposes.”
TheWhiteHousehadno immediate comment on the ruling.
JusticeBrettKavanaugh, writing a dissent joined by fellow conservatives Clarence Thomas and SamuelAlito, wrote that the ruling did not necessarily foreclose Trump “from imposing most if not all of these same sorts of tariffs under other statutory authorities,”addingthat“the court’s decision is not likely to greatly restrict presidential tariff authority goingforward.”
Part of the Supreme Court’s majority also declared that such an interpretation would intrude on the powers of Congress and violate a legal principle calledthe “majorquestions” doctrine.
The conservative doctrine requires actions by the government’s executive branch of “vast economic andpoliticalsignificance”to be clearly authorized by Congress.Thecourtusedthe
doctrine to stymie some of
President Joe Biden’s key executiveactions.
Roberts said that e n d o r
administration’s views
authorityovertariffpolicy
“It would replace the longstanding executivelegislative collaboration over trade policy with unchecked presidential policymaking,” Roberts wrote.
It was “telling” that “no President has invoked the statutetoimposeanytariffslet alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope,” Robertsadded.
The Supreme Court reached its conclusion in a legal challenge by businesses affected by the tariffs and 12 U.S. states, most of them Democraticgoverned, against Trump’s unprecedented use of this law to unilaterally impose theimporttaxes.
Joining Roberts in the majority were conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, both of whom Trump appointed duringhisfirstterminoffice, along with the three liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji BrownJackson.
The liberal justices did not join the part of the opinion invoking the major questionsdoctrine.
The Supreme Court, whichhasa6-3conservative majority, previously had backed Trump in a series of other decisions issued on an emergency basis since he returnedtothepresidencyin January 2025 after his policies were impeded by lowercourts.
Trump’s tariffs were forecast to generate over the next decade trillions of dollars in revenue for the United States, which possessestheworld’slargest economy Trump’s administration has not provided tariffs collection data since December 14. But PennWharton Budget Model economists estimated on Friday that the amount collected in Trump’s tariffs based on IEEPA stood at morethan$175billion.
“The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government shouldgoaboutreturningthe billions of dollars that it has collected from importers,” Kavanaugh, who also was appointed by Trump during his first term as president, said in his dissent. “But that process is likely to be a ‘ m e s s , ’ a s w a s acknowledged at oral argument.”
A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection declined immediate comment on the Supreme Court ruling or on next steps It was not immediately clear when IEEPA tariffs assessments and collections at ports of entrywouldhalt,orhowany refundprocessmightwork.
POWERS OF CONGRESS
The U S Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the authority to issue taxes and tariffs. But Trump instead turned to a statutory authority by invoking IEEPA to impose the tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner without the approval of Congress. Trump has imposed some additionaltariffsunderother lawsthatarenotatissuein
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Guyana’s fifth oil project, Uaru is expected to startup before the end of 2026, ahead of schedule, which could push Guyana’s daily capacity well over one millionbarrels.
This was revealed by President of ExxonMobil Upstream Company, Dan AmmannduringtheGuyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo which concluded at the Marriott HotelonFriday
Inakeynotepresentation earlier this week, the vice president of ExxonMobil Corporation provided key updates on the company’s futureprojects.
He said, “By the end of 2026, we expect Uaru to comeonline.Thatrepresents our fifth major Stabroek development with capacity of 250,000 barrels per day andthatwillboostGuyana’s daily oil production beyond
onemillionbarrelsperday.”
Uaru was initially scheduled to come online in 2027. Currently, Guyana is producing about 900,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) from four Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSOs) that are operating in the Stabroek Block. The startup oftheUaruprojectwillpush Guyana’s total production capacity to almost 1 2 millionbarrelsperday
The company’s sixth project,Whiptailwilladdan additional 250,000 barrels per day by 2027, according toAmmann.
Exxon has already signalled its intention to the government of Guyana to increase production here to 1.7millionbarrelsperdayby 2030. So far, the company has obtained regulatory approvalsforsevenprojects. An eight application was
madebythecompanyandis currently pending review at the Envir
ProtectionAgency(EPA).
described Guyana’s energy story as “exceptional” to conference delegates, citing
the government’s support as akeyfactorforthesuccess. Accordingtohim,“From aglobalperspectiveGuyana isnotonlyforgreatresource, itisanewstandardshowing what can happen when a country pairs a world class
leadership and responsible stewardship.”
He pointed out, “In the upstream business, results matter and Guyana’s results areworldclass.Injustunder a decade from discovery, we’ve built a multi-project production system with four FPSOs producing and seve
nder development,andarecordof deliveringaheadofschedule and under budget and that does not happen by accident.”
Ammann added that President Irfaan Ali is well awarethatoilalonedoesnot translate to wealth, but requires critical factors for theeconomictransformation currently taking place in Guyana.
As such, he boasted of Exxon’s technology development in deep-water, sustaining the company’s positiondecadeafterdecade.
Just last week, Kaieteur News reported that constructionactivitiesonthe fifth FPSO, ErreaWittu was makingsteadyprogresswith mooring pre-installation activitiesnowcompleted.
The contract for the construction of the vessel was awarded to Japanese shipbuilder Modec in November2022.
TheUarufieldislocated 200 kilometres offshore Guyana at a depth of 1,750 metres.Itisestimatedtohold more than 800 million barrelsofoil.
The Errea Wittu FPSO willproduce250,000barrels of oil per day (bpd) and will haveagastreatmentcapacity of540millioncubicfeetper day
It will have a water injectioncapacityof350,000 bpd, a produced water capacityof300,000bpdand a storage capacity of two millionbarrelsofcrudeoil.
The new secondary schools for Jawalla and Phillipai in Region Seven
that have been under construction since 2024, are expected to be completed in July, Minister of Education, SoniaParaghasdisclosed.
The minister gave the
ded consideration of budget estimates.
Former Minister
E d u c a t i o n , P r i y Manickchand in June 2024 turnedthesodforthe$231 m i l l i o n J a w a l l a Secondary School, a project which was awarded to Sheriff
Construction The ministry, at the time, stated that the school willbecompletedineight months.
Theschoolissettocater for up to 250 students and when completed, will be equipped with facilities including Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Information Technology laboratories, Technical and Vocational Education and T r a i n i n g ( T V E T ) l
s, a Home Economics room, library space, teachers’ quarters, spacious classrooms and a smalldormitoryjusttoname a few In September 2024, Minister Manickchand also turnedthesodforthe$275.2 million Phillipai Secondary School That contract was awarded to Prored Resources, and was scheduled for completion eightmonthsthereafter The Phillipai Secondary School is expected to house
essentialsanitaryfacilitiesto ensure a comfortable and hygienic environment for students, among an administrative space and sickbay
Duringtheconsideration ofbudgetestimates,Minister Parag was asked for updates onseveralschoolprojectsby membersoftheopposition. She was asked about the state-of-the-art Hosororo SecondarySchoolinRegion
240studentsandwillfeature three key blocks housing HomeEconomicsandVisual Arts (VA) classrooms, designedtoprovidestudents with practical and creative learning experiences. It will have also a well-equipped library, offering a vital resource for research and study, eight classrooms with
ne, and Karasabai SecondarySchoolinRegion Nine which were signed back in 2023. She stated thattheprojectsareboth 70% completed and Hosororo will be completedinMarchand KarasabaiissetforJune deadline.
This publication reported that $1.7 billion arasabai Secondary is ing built by Avinash ContractingandScrapMetal Inc The modern school complex will be fitted with ten buildings, which would include the main teaching block and allied lecturing facilities, modern science laboratory for Physics, Chemistry and Biology, TVET Centres, combined Home Economics and cafeteria area, teachers’
quarters and an outdoor sitting forecourt, the ministryreportedin2023.
Meanwhile, the $2 6 billion Hosororo Secondary School will accommodate over 500 students upon completion and will have a science centre which will feature physics, chemistry and biology laboratories Additionally,theschoolwill have a TVET centre which willhavebothindustrialand h o m e e c o n o m i c s laboratories A student dormitory and visiting area will also be constructed to accommodate 200 students while the teachers’ duplex living quarters will accommodate20teachers.
Additionally, the new $2.6 billion ChristiansburgWismarSecondarySchoolin Region 10, which Minister
Parag disclosed is a World Bank project, will be completed by February 2027.
In 2024, the sod was turned for the $1.3 billion NismesSecondarySchoolin Region Three, which the ministersaidisscheduledfor completion next month.The
ministerdisclosedthatsome students are already being accommodatedintwoofthe school’steachingblocks.
Further, Minister Parag disclosed that Nappi’s new secondary school in Region Nine has been completed barringworksbeingdoneon theTVETbuilding.
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The story carried by Kaieteur News on February 19, 2026isonethatshouldstopthisnationinitstracks.Itisthe storyof12-year-oldDelroyMoses,achildnowfightingfor hislifeandofafamilyforcedtobeginacountryawashwith oilwealth.
Delroy is not seeking an overseas transplant costing hundreds of millions. He is not asking for experimental treatment.Heneedsalife-savingendovascularsurgerythat canbedonerighthereinGuyanaatacostof$9million.The Ministry of Health has committed $1.5 million. The remaining$7.5to$8millionmustsomehowbefoundbya family of modest means, a construction worker father, a housewife mother, and a 73-year-old grandfather holding vigilandhopeinequalmeasure.Letthatsinkin.
In an oil-producing nation boasting record revenues, a 12-year-old child with a ruptured aneurysm, a condition diagnosed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation mustdependonbakesales,phonecalls,churchcollections and public sympathy to survive. The recommended procedure,endovascularcoiling,isunavailableatthepublic hospital.ItcanbeperformedatSt.Joseph’sMercyHospital forafeehisparentscannotafford.
We are told daily of Guyana’s transformation.We hear of billions allocated, supplementary budgets passed with ease, grand infrastructure rollouts, conferences, expos, consultations, and ceremonial launches. We see the tents, thebanners,thecateredaffairs,themotorcades,theforeign trips. We are reminded that Guyana is now the fastestgrowingeconomyinthehemisphere.
Yetsomehow,inthisboomingpetro-state,acriticallyill childcannotsecure$8millionforsurgerywithoutpassing aroundahat.
TheMRIresultsdescribedintheKaieteurNewsreport are harrowing: a ruptured saccular aneurysm, haemorrhagic infarcts, midline shift, multiple acute infarcts.Thisisnotaroutinecase.Thisislifeanddeath.The child has already endured seizures, emergency interventions, and remains in critical condition. Doctors havespoken.Thetreatmentpathisclear Theonlyobstacle ismoney
Whatdoesthatsayaboutourpriorities?
Governmentsrevealtheirtruevaluesnotinspeechesbut in spending. When tens of millions can be mobilized overnight for events, hospitality and engagements of questionablenecessity,butachild’slifedependsonpartial assistance, the optics are troubling and the moral implicationsworse.
It is not enough to say the State has “helped.” The question is whether it has helped adequately $1.5 million againsta$9millionbillmaybetechnicallyassistance,but practically it leaves a struggling family drowning. If the publichospitalcannotperformtheprocedure,andtheState recognizes the urgency, then the State must bridge the gap fully Healthcareisnotcharity Itisaresponsibility
This is not an attack on doctors or nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital.They are working within the limits of the system provided to them. The issue is policy andpriority Foryears,wehaveheardofplanstomodernise healthcare, to expand specialised services, to reduce the need for private or overseas interventions.Yet here we are againwithafamilyappealingtothepublicbecausecritical neurosurgicalcapabilityisunavailableinthepublicsystem.
Andletusbeclear:DelroyMosesisnotanisolatedcase. His story simply pierced the headlines. Across Guyana, families quietly mortgage homes, sell vehicles, empty savings and plead with strangers to save loved ones. Oil wealthhasnotyettranslatedintouniversalassurancethata medicalemergencywillnotmeanfinancialruin.
CorporateGuyanamuststepforward.Theprivatesector has benefited handsomely from the oil economy Banks, contractors, suppliers and service providers are reporting
Sometimes one must admire the government’s creativity in finding new ways to waste money Just when you think they’ve run outofnovelgimmicks,along c o m e s t h e g
:
orty “firefighting pickups” for forty NDCs.Amasterstroke of absurdity! It is as if someone walked into a showroom, saw a pickup, anddeclared,“Bygolly,this shall be our new fire engine!”
Let’s set aside the politicaltheatricsandlookat the mechanics. A pickup truckisnotafireengine.Itis a glorified garden hose on wheels Its tank holds roughly 300 gallons—about enough to rinse a driveway or put out a stubborn barbecue A proper firefighting hose would empty that tank in under three minutes. And in most
NDCs, where the nearest functioning hydrant is a mythwhisperedbyoldmen, the fourth minute will be filled with nothing but smoke, ash, and taxpayer regret.
Yet, the government’s “bright sparks” think this is progress.Theyproclaimthat NDCs will now be “empowered”totacklefires. Empowered how, exactly? Thesamelocalofficialswho can’t organize a garbage pickuporfixacloggeddrain are now to be our fearless firefighters.
Firefighting is a profession, not a weekend hobby It demands training, coordination, and an understanding of how fire behaves.Thisplanassumesa burning building will politelywaitwhiletheNDC clerksearchesforthekeys.
But this is classic governance by optics—buy somethingshiny,slapadecal
on it, and call it development. It’s the same mentality that gave us boats for flooded roads, tractors for potholes, and “smart classrooms” with no electricity Everything is an announcement; nothing is a solution. These pickups are simply the latest props in Guyana’s longest-running political comedy—the one wherefailureisdressedupas foresight and the audience keepspayingforthetickets.
Here’s the brutal truth: thereisnofirestrategyhere, onlyfiscaltheatre.
The millions spent on these vehicles could have trained professional firefighters,installedneeded hydrants, or built a modern responsenetwork.
But that would require actual planning, and
ning dem
When the inevitable happens when these “firefighting pickups” roll up, tanks empty and sirens silent—the government will once again express “concern,” commission another study, and buy another batch of useless equipment.
And so, the show goes on:theRepublicofIllusions, directed by the masters of mediocrity
If this is what counts as national progress, then perhaps the next budget should include buckets—at leasttheyrequirenofuel,no training, and no pretense. Thetaxpayersdeservebetter thanagovernmentthatkeeps discovering new, creative waystoproveithasn’taclue.
Respectfully,
s competence a scarce r e s o u r c e i n t h i s administration. Our leaders have turned public safety into a procurement exercise and are shocked when the outcomesburn.
HemduttKumar
DEARE
, Andnowtheendisnear; andsoIfacethefinalcurtain <from Frank Sinatra’s, “My Way.”
By the time this letter, if published,isseenbyreaders, the staff and Mr Anand Persaud, Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News will be facing the final curtain Whether he ‘bit off more than he could chew’, the
truth about that would be knowntoposterity
Any reference to Stabroek News (S/N) personallyorotherwisemust becontextualized.Itfollows therefore, that the emergence of Stabroek News must be framed in a historicalcontext.
Before going further, certain historical facts must bedrilleddown,lesttheybe
robustgrowth.Thisisamomentforcorporatecitizenshipto mean something tangible. Eight million dollars, divided amongmajorcompanies,isnotaninsurmountablesum.Itis, infact,amodestdemonstrationofsocialresponsibility
But while corporate support is welcome, the ultimate burden should not rest on philanthropy A nation earning billions from petroleum exports cannot normalize public beggingforpediatricsurgery
Delroy’s grandfather described him as an ordinary 12year-oldboyuntiltwoweeksago.Ordinarygoingtoschool, laughing,living.Thenseizures.ThenICU.Thenaquotation.
Themeasureofacountry’sprogressisnotGDPgrowth charts. It is whether its most vulnerable can access care without humiliation. It is whether a family, in its darkest hour,canrelyonthesystemithaspaidtaxesintoandvoted for
Guyana stands at a crossroads between wealth and wisdom.Oilrevenuescanbuildroadsandhotels.Theycan financesummitsandspectacles.Butiftheycannotguarantee life-savingcareforachild,thensomethingisprofoundlyout ofbalance.
ThepublicwillnodoubtrallybecauseGuyanesepeople have always shown compassion beyond their means. Donations will come. Churches will pray Businesses will contribute. And hopefully, Delroy Moses will receive his surgeryintime.
But when this crisis passes, the larger question must remain:Inanoil-richnation,shouldanyfamilyeverhaveto begtosaveachild’slife?
overlooked by omission or commissionby‘olderheads’ or perhaps, never known by youngerones.
Mainstream media in colonial British Guiana birthed an intriguing yet interestinghistory Aperusal of the archival records of The Argosy, Chronicle and Guiana Graphic, the discontinuation of the daily Argosy to just a Sunday edition, and from the Daily Argosy to the Evening Post will show that every one of these newspapers had a profoundeditorialbias.
Any suggestion that S/N is hostile to the PPP/C administration should be followed by a visit to the Walter Rodney National Archives where ample evidence is available about theroleofthosenewspapers in the 1960’s. There is one that will find the real meaning of unbalanced reportingandrealhostility
Inthepost-independence period, newspapers came under intense pressure from the Burnham administration who bought The Evening Post and promptly shut it down. The Sunday Argosy transitionedtotheChronicle becoming along with The Graphic,themouthpiecesof government.
Following their acquisition by government, the Chronicle and Graphic
merged resulting in the creation of what we know today as the Guyana Chronicle. Thus, it came to pass that by 1974, Burnham was in full control of the printmedia,saveandexcept the Mirror newspaper, The Catholic Standard and the WPA’s‘Dayclean.’
The Mirror newspaper, emerged in 1962. It was publicly owned by shareholders of the New Guyana Company Ltd printed and published as a dailynewspaper,TheMirror suffered various restrictions imposed by the Burnham dictatorship including withholding of licences to import newsprint from Canada and Trinidad and Tobago.
S/N emerged in 1986. It soon became enormously popular, becoming the newspaper of choice for the legal, political, business, labour, and religious circles and for the ‘man on the street.’ Political conditions at the time were favourable toS/N;thedeathofPresident Burnham, Hoyte’s shift to economic liberalization, widespreadprotestsathome andabroadagainstriggingof the elections in 1985, pressures by the US as well asthebeginningsofelectoral reform. It is incredible how thereachandinfluenceof
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DEAREDITOR, Reuters news agency citing people familiar with thematterreportedthatU.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio has been holding secret talks with the grandson of Cuba’s former PresidentRaulCastro.
ItisgoodnewsthatRaul Castro’s grandson is having “discussions” with Marco Rubio of the USA. What willcomeoutofthemeeting remainstobeseen.
After the Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife were captured by US armed forces and flown to Miami, the new VenezuelanPresidentcutoff oil supplies to Cuba at the request of the US The Cubans cannot rely on the RussiansandIraniansforoil supplies as they have their ownmassiveproblems.
The advocacy of former PPPC speaker Ralph Ramkarran and former PPPC President Donald Ramotar that Guyana help Cubabyprovidingoilisnot wise Countries have permanent interests NOT permanentfriends.
The Cubans had no qualms in befriending Forbes Burnham’sPNCwhenCastro visited Guyana in 1973 The Cubans were looking out for their permanent interests They gave Forbes Burnham Cuba’s highest medal of recognition the Jose Marti award Despitethe1960sPPP government of Dr Cheddi Jagan supporting Cuba by tradingthemriceandrailway sleepersforCubancement,the Cubans were nevertheless very interested in cementing their new found “friendship” with Forbes Burnham in the 1970sDr Jaganinvitedstrong retaliation from the US by trading with Cuba after the latter had instituted an embargo on Cuba For this relationship, Dr Jagan’s PPP wasoverthrownbytheCIAby theirfomentingofraceriotsin which Indo-Guyanese businesseswereburneddown and looted and many were killed.
.ThisblockadeoftheUS againsttheCubansisstillin f o r c e T h e P P P C governmentwhichcurrently has excellent relations with theUSwouldbeinvitingthe
wrathoftheUSbyexporting Guyana’soiltoCuba.
The Venezuelan invalid claims to Essequibo are a veryprominentandsensitive affair Guyana should not risktherageoftheUSinthis paramountissue.
Guyana right now needs tocontinuetobeonthegood side of the US. Only the US canpreventtheVenezuelans from invading and seizing Essequibo. At a time when there is Venezuelan compliance with US dictates andaneasingoftensions,the USmayverywellswingtheir supporttoVenezuelawhenitis taken into account that Venezuela has the world’s largestknownreservesofoil
In the talks by the US Rubio andtheCubans,thelattermay be forced to make drastic changesincludingfreeandfair elections in the communist nation. Right now, there are large-scale blackouts in Cuba for the lack of oil to power their generators. The situation does not look very promising for Cuba and its socialistrevolution.
Yoursfaithfully SultanMohamed
, In the quiet savannah landscape of Annai in the North Rupununi, the Bina Hill Institute is quietly undertaking work of national importance. While Guyanacontinuestochartits path of economic growth
and infrastructural expansion, there is another form of development that must not be overlooked —
Indigenouslanguages.
As principal of the Institute, I have observed firsthand how language can either fade into silence or flourish when intentionally nurtured. At Bina Hill, we havechosenthelatter
Our student body draws from Regions 1, 7, 8 and 9, representing diverse Indigenous nations including speakers of Macushi, Wa
h
na, Akawaio, Lokono and Patamona This linguistic diversity is not merely
acknowledged it is activelycelebrated.
Each week during our assembly, a student shares a phrase in his or her mother tongue. The entire student bodythenrepeatsthephrase together What may seem like a small ritual carries deep significance. It affirms identity It builds mutual respect It normalises Indigenouslanguageswithin aclassroomsetting.
Additionally, we offer structured instruction in the Macushilanguageaspartof our curriculum Students learntoread,writeandspeak it with confidence. One of the most moving moments on campus is hearing the National Pledge and National Anthem recited in Macushi.Inthoseinstances, Indigenous identity and national pride stand side by side, reinforcing that our First Peoples’languages are not peripheral to Guyana’s identity they are foundationaltoit.
E n c o u r a g i n g l y, linguisticconnectionsacross communitiesalsoemerge.A Patamona student recently remarked that he can understand much of the Macushi language because of similarities to his own. Such experiences highlight the shared roots and interconnected heritage of ourIndigenousnations.
Languagelossisaglobal crisis. Around the world, Indigenous languages are disappearing as younger generations shift toward dominant languages Guyana must guard against this trend. If our languages disappear,welosemorethan words — we lose history, worldview, ecological knowledge and cultural memory
The work being done at Bina Hill demonstrates that revitalisation is possible whenyouthareplacedatthe centre of the effort By empoweringstudentsto (Continuedonpage06)
, The Peeper correctly blamedthepublicinGuyana and the diaspora for SN’s closure. SN started as a weekly in November 1986 under very challenging times. Hoyte granted a permit to publish but denied the paper newsprint or foreigncurrencytopurchase print or pay for printing in Trinidad. Soon, “It became flag bearer of press freedom
Extremely painful to see it go. It costs only $100 a weekdayissue.
wrongdoing, gave voice to the voiceless, provided space for debate, including through its letter pages, and became a guardian of
Yet many chose not to supportit.Theypreferredthe illusion of freeness, free snippets online. In doing so, they too helped to put the finalnailinthenewspaper’s coffin. Support from abroad could ha
a meaningful difference, but
materialise in sufficient numbers”.
Businesses could have saved the paper or at a minimumextenditslifeifthey had taken ads or multiple subscriptions. Fearing victimization, businesses avoided advertisements or association with SN and the independentpress
Peeper added: “SN did not close because Guyanese
lacked money It closed because too many lacked commitment. There was a moral obligation to defend pressfreedombecauseweall know that when press freedom goes what happens”.
As Peeper assailed us, “Democracy demands participation Supporting independent journalism is one such form of participation. History will
record that SN fought many battles.Butinitsfinalbattle for survival, it stood largely alone And that is also applicable to the small handfulofuswhofoughtfor democracy (1968 onwards) only to be victimized because we refused to supportwrongdoingsbyone governmentortheotherover thelast35years.
Yourstruly,
Dr VishnuBisram
Frompage05 speak their mother tongues proudly, we are equipping them to return to their villages not only as trained professionals but as custodiansofculture. If Guyana is to remain truly the “Land of Six Peoples,” then the languages of its First Peoples must be sustainedwithintention Bina Hill Institute is committed to being a living centre of that
mission where Indigenous languages are spoken daily, taught formally, and passed confidently to the next generation
Yoursfaithfully, MedinoAbraham
...says companies also interested in onshore petroleum activities
Vickram Bharrat
TheGovernmentofGuyana(GoG)willbeturningitssight tonearshoreareasforoilandgasexplorationactivitiesasthe countrybecomesahotspotforinvestors.
Minister of Natural Resources,Vickram Bharrat recently madetherevelationinparliamentduringtheconsiderationof 2026budgetaryestimates.
Hesaid,“Wehavemovedfromthedeep,wehaveawarded blocksintheshallow Wearelookingatthenearshoreblocks. There are a few nearshore blocks, the Berbice Block for example, the Mahaica Block, the Demerara Block, these are what we term as near shore blocks. They are not exactly onshore but they are very close, so those are some of the blocksunderconsiderationrightnow.”
Meanwhile,theministerinformedtheNationalAssembly thatanumberofpetroleumcompanieshaveexpressedinterest inonshoreblocksforexplorationactivities.Hesaidhowever, that no blocks will be awarded without first conducting consultations.
“Rightnow,Icansaythere’snoconsiderationofawarding any blocks onshore without consultation because as you wouldunderstand,thatwewouldhavetoholdconsultationfor onshore blocks, especially the Takatu area which is the basically the wetland and there have been groups that have beenadvocatingtohavetheseareassetasideforconservation anddifferentotherreasons,”theministerexplained.
Beyond successful exploration activities in the Stabroek Block,whereover11billionbarrelsofoilhavealreadybeen discovered,governmenthasbeenpushingforpetroleumfinds inotherareas.
In2022,theadministrationlauncheditsmaidenbid-round where14blockslocatedinshallowanddeep-waterareaswere
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(AP)
— The late Rev Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda after a r e q u e s t f o r t h e commemoration was denied by the House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office due to past precedent.
Johnson’s office said it received a request from the family to have Jackson’s remains lie in honor at the Capitol, but the request was denied, because of the precedent that the space is typicallyreservedforformer presidents, the military and selectofficials.
The civil rights leader died this week at the age of 84. The family and some HouseDemocratshadfileda
request for Jackson to be honoredattheU.S.Capitol.
Amid the country’s political divisions, there havebeenflareupsoverwho is memorialized at the Capitol with a service to lie in state, or honor, in the Rotunda.
During such events, the public is generally allowed to visit the Capitol and pay theirrespects
Recent requests had similarly been made, and denied, to honor Charlie K i r k , t h e s l a i n conservative activist, and formerVicePresidentDick Cheney.
Thereisnospecificrule about who qualifies for the honor, a decision that is
controlled by concurrence from both the House and Senate
The Jackson family has announced scheduled dates for memorial services beginning next week that willhonorthelatereverend’s lifeinChicago,Washington, D.C. and South Carolina. In a statement, the Jackson familysaidithadheardfrom leaders in both South Carolina, Jackson’s native state, and Washington offering for Jackson to be celebrated in both locations. Talks are ongoing with lawmakers about where those proceedings will take place. His final memorial services will be held in ChicagoonMarch6and7.
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S/N grew over the years. Some would even argue that S/N became part of our national psyche.Thesteady flow of published letters andmessagesofregretandsadnessisaclear manifestation of the rise of the Jungian ‘collective unconsciousness’ that morphed into‘collectiveconsciousness’awakenedby an unexpected occurrence and yanked as it were, from the collective consciousness of thepopulace.
While many good and evil things are spreadinamatterofsecondsonsocialmedia, S/Nbattened-downfacilitatingthousandsof Guyanese to express their views and to communicate their messages like never before.
Some disliked some of the articles, letters, features and stories carried by S/N because they did not correspond to their respective agendas The criticisms notwithstanding, S/N held to Voltaire’s “I may disagree withwhatyouhavetosay,butIshalldefend tothedeathyourrighttosayit.”Inthisway, S/N carved out for itself a niche in the marketplaceofideas.
IfirstmetDavidDeCairieswaybackin the early 1980’s following my appointment to the Bollers Elections Commission (19841991).Hesurprisedonedaywhenhecameto joinameetingwithstakeholdersatFreedom House convened by Dr Jagan. He came to makeacaseagainstboycottingthe1986local government elections at a time when
Typically, the Capitol and its Rotunda have been reserved for the “most eminentcitizens,”according to the Architect of the Capitol’swebsite.
It said government and militaryofficialslayinstate, while private citizens in honor
In 2020, Congressman J
veteran of the Civil Rights movement, was the first Black lawmaker to lie in s
Rotunda after a ceremony honoring his legacy was
due to pandemic restrictions at the time.
Later that year, thenHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed services for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at theCapitol’sStatuaryHall after agreement could not be reached for services in theCapitol’sRotunda
It is rare for private citizens to be honored at the Capitol, but there is precedent – most notably Civil Rights icon Rosa
Parks, in 2005, and the Reverend Billy Graham, in 2018.
A passionate civil rights leader and globally-minded humanitarian, Jackson’s fieryspeechesanddual1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns transformed American politics for generations.
Jackson’s organization, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, became a hub for progressive organizers acrossthecountry
His unapologetic calls for a progressive economic
agenda and more inclusive policiesforallracialgroups, religions, genders and o
progressive movement withintheDemocraticParty Jackson also garnered a global reputation as a champion for human rights. He conducted the release of American hostages on multiple continents and argued for greater connections between civil rightsmovementsaroundthe world, most notably as a fiercecriticofthepoliciesof ApartheidSouthAfrica.
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electoralreformswereinitiatedbyHoyte. Dr Jagan,thenoppositionleader,wasin regular contact with Miles Fitzpatrick, Ian McDonaldandDavidDeCairies.Exchanges amongst them centered around the struggle for democracy, press freedom and the fight for free and fair elections. In pursuit of the latter, notwithstanding their differences on electoral tactics, DeCairies arranged a meeting in Kingston between Dr Jagan and Oliver Clarke, Managing Director and chairmanoftheJamaicaGleanernewspaper Dr Jagan also had successful meetings with KenGordon,ManagingDirectorofTrinidad ExpressNewspaper S/N has always been a strong advocate forfreeandfairelections,therestorationand maintenance of democracy in Guyana DeCairieswasintheforefrontofthatbattle. And the young and inquisitive journalist Anand Persaud, after every meeting of the Bollers Elections Commission was always outsideFreedomHousewaitingforanupdate fromme.
MyfarewelltoS/Ncomesatatimewhen Guyana is opening up increasingly to new and influential players on the national and global market place of ideas. My farewell message to S/N is thus; the bud disappears when the blossom breaks through; the fruit replaces the blossom and from the seeds of thefruitcomesthetree.
Fukuyama’sendofhistoryisafallacy
Yoursfaithfully, ClementJ.Rohee
Government hopes to close more deals with successful companies that participated intherecentbidroundthisyear.
Guyana struck its first commercial oil discoveryinMay2015throughAmericanoil major,ExxonMobil.Thecompanyhassince moved to production activities, with four
FloatingProductionStorageandOffloading vessels (FPSOs) in operation just five years later
ThecompanyoftendescribesGuyanaas its crown jewel, holding the world’s largest discoveries in the last decade, pushing Guyana to earn its title as the largest oil producerpercapitaglobally.
In the meantime, Exxon continues to accelerate its exploration and appraisal activities in the block to further boost the recoverableresources.
Former US President Barack Obama broke his silence. He shared some choice words. Choice, not colourful Though not colourful in the regular sense, they rang with a colour that transcended the shivering that politics induces nowadays. He was addressing a motion picture called Ape State, Ape Hate, Ape Gate. Mr Obama still has it, is a scriptwriter par excellence.
No, he didn’t employ ‘toxic’ or as I like ‘radioactive.’ Simpler words that were less combustible, but no less corrosive. “Shame” and “decorum” are now lost in politics. There is America andtotheheights,theWhite House. Thereishowpolitics hasdevastatedGuyana,upto the elevation of parliament. It is a low elevation; below sewer level now Says much. Stinksmore. MPsin Guyana’s parliament are suretoknowthemeaningof shame,butthereisdoubtthat they care not to have anything to do with what is shameful. Whenthewomen in Guyana’s highest house cannot raise a hand and say: Stop. Enough. No more. Then what do they know about shame, how to distancefromit? Somemay
not incorrectly take offence atmesinglingoutGuyanese women MPs, but there should be none who know more of what decorum means than they Not here! notinthishouse,damnit! If that is the standard for their own sons and daughters in their own house, then how about the same in the people’s house? Surely, their dignity count, and respect for them matter. Many of the men who went to this school of higher learning and that other university that teaches decency, and came out with distinction,thatdistinctionis now lost. It was another
word that brother Obama use.
Feel his pain. It’s the 21st century, this era of Enlightenment, and for him stilltobecalledanape,hasto hurt. If he, what about his better half, how much more pain?
To reach the top in America, and to be pushed right back to the jungles of Africa(whereelse?)mustbe of anguish beyond my vocabulary, of regret above many a tragedy. “Shame” and“decorum”arenowlost. Those are not taught. Instinctive they are, with littlenudgesandglaresfrom mommaandpoppa,andthat villageoflongagothatspent so many long patient, thanklesshourstoguideand helpgrowacertainway
Lack of shame and lack of personal decorum are overtaken by the love of the crass and titillating, the suggestive and the believed seductive. There’s a ready
audience cheering in widersociety Justashow sex and violence are bestsellers, so also are crassness and obsceneness, and making a disgrace of oneself. If from the White House,thenthereisn’tmuch
hope that Guyana’s parliament and Guyanese could be much more disciplined, decorous, and differently defining. When distortion is religion, then deviousness and falsehoods
are sure
Medical people from Cuba. Depravedstandardsoftruth, fairness, justice, prudence, and the absence of what is profound in Guyana and its politics. Thoseallprovidea trail of testimony that is impregnable, because it is surrounded by the utterly convincing When any president or prime minister can turn his or her back on honesty and honour, then what is he or she? Despite
human frailty and foibles, those are feasible. Be it in America,beitGuyana.
Since shame and decorumarealienpresences, I am surprised that more production has not been made of local parliamentary vulgarities. A selfie in full cry would make for a ton of likes on one’s Facebook page. It is what the cretins that haunt cyberspace live for, fueled by, thrive on. Said Barack Obama: “It is important to recognize that themajorityoftheAmerican people find this behaviour deeply disturbing” Americans have a saying: going ape-s—t. Someone somewhere in the White House did. If only there could be admission, some taking of leadership responsibility AsmuchasI look to Washington, I am l o o k i n g m o r e a t Georgetown. Georgetown here, not there. Certain things “get attention” works asa“distraction.” Obamais rightagain. Andagain:“the clown show in social media and television ” Excellency Obama spoke to America. IspeakofGuyana. And last, he said: “there are some people who still believeindecency,courtesy, kindness.” Hear that all Guyanese MPs. Hear that, Mr President. I do, and I lovewhatallthoserepresent. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinionsofthisnewspaper.)
The High Court on Friday dismissed a judicial review application filed by former CustomsAnti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) intelligence officer
StephonJohn,rulingthatthe termination of his contract amounted to a private law employmentdispute.
The ruling was handed down by Chief Justice (Ag) Navindra Singh. The court
found that John’s employment did not attract publiclawremediesandwas therefore not amenable to judicialreview
According to a release fromtheAttorneyGeneral’s Chambers, John entered into a fixed-term contract with the Government of Guyana in 2023 to serve at CANU
His contract was later r e c o m m e n d e d f o r termination with cause by CANU’s acting head and wassubsequentlyterminated by the permanent secretary
of the Ministry of Home Affairs on behalf of the government.
Through his attorney, Darren Wade, John argued
constituted a public office and that the nature of his duties engaged public law considerations, thereby making the decision subject tojudicialreview
However, the State c
relationship between the parties was governed by contract and therefore at its highestgaverisetoaprivate lawemploymentdispute.
It was argued that the decision to terminate the contract did not involve the exercise of statutory or constitutional power and was not subject to judicial review
Justice Singh upheld the State’s submissions and dismissedtheapplication.
Thecourtheldthatwhere a private individual is
government under contract, the relationship is generally contractual rather than groundedinpubliclaw
It further outlined that public law remedies would o
appointment was made under the constitution, made by the Public Service Commission, or governed by statute prescribing a mandatory procedure for termination.
Justice Singh concluded that John’s employment did
not fall within these categories and that the dispute was therefore not amenabletojudicialreview
represented by Attorney General and Minister of LegalAffairsAnil Nandlall,
The Ministry of Housing’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is seeking bids for the construction of a connector road from Leonora, West Coast DemeraratoVersailles,WestBankDemerara, RegionThree.
According to a tender issued by the housingministry,theprojectwillbeexecuted in five lots. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB)process,specifiedintheProcurement Act2003andisopenedtoalleligiblebidders.
The ministry detailed that the delivery/ construction period for lots one to five is ten months. The ministry noted that two pre-bid meetingswillbehosted;oneonFebruary26 at CHPA’s projects officer’s boardroom, and on February 27 at Leonora Stadium parking lottofacilitateasitevisit.
Bids are expected to open on March 12, 2026attheNationalProcurementandTender AdministrationBoard(NPTAB)office.
Kaieteur News understands that the connector road, which will measure some 7.1km, will be part of the alignment the governmentintendstobuildfromLeonorato CanalNumberOne.
CHPA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Martin Pertab and team visited the
proposedalignmentfortheLeonoratoCanal NumberOnehighwayinOctober,lastyear
The CEO said the road will serve as an interconnected link to improve accessibility to several active land and housing developmentsintheregion.
“If you were to travel from Leonora to CanalNumberOnerightnow,ittakesroughly 45 minutes. With this new road, we’re proposing to reduce travel time to approximately seven minutes,” Dr Pertab stated.
At the time he stated that the project is currently in its design phase and once the designswerefinalised,CHPAwouldmoveto the tendering stage, paving the way for construction.
It was reported previously that the governmentwillbebuildinganewfour-lane highway from Versailles to Parika, and a SchoonordtoWalesHighway
This publication understands that these critical road links are aimed at enhancing connectivity and unlocking housing and development potential along the West Bank andWestCoastofDemerara.
The project will form part of the $159.3 billion which was approved for the housing ministryinthisyear’sbudget.
Karpowership on Thursday launched an AutoCAD TechnologyLabattheGovernmentTechnicalInstitute(GTI), as part of ongoing efforts to support technical education, capacity-building,andyouthdevelopmentandjobcreationin Guyana.
In honour of its founder Rauf Osman Karadeniz, Karpowership provided high-performing desktop computers to support AutoCAD-based instruction at the institute. The contributionwillenhanceanexistinginstructionalspaceand expandstudents’accesstodigitaldesigntoolscommonlyused acrossengineering,construction,andtechnicaldisciplines.
The AutoCAD Technology Lab is expected to support approximately 1000 first and second-year full-time engineering students yearly, across multiple programmes at GTI. It will also further strengthen students’ exposure to industry-standarddigitaltools.
Principal of GTI, Collis Bess, welcomed the support, noting that access to modern computer equipment plays an important role in improving the delivery of technical programmes and preparing students for real-world applications.
Speaking on behalf of Karpowership, Beyza Özdemir, Americas Regional Director of Commercial Operations, reaffirmed the company’s focus on making targeted contributionsthatsupportlong-termskillsdevelopment.“At Karpowership, we believe that supporting education is an important part of building sustainable communities. By providing essential technology, we aim to help students developpracticalskillsthatcansupporttheirfuturecareers.”
Keynote speaker, Dr Ritesh Tularam, Deputy Chief Education Officer (Technical) stated, “this initiative underscores the importance of public-privatepartnerships in educationandthecriticalroleofmoderntechnicaltrainingin nationaldevelopment.”
Theeventincludedaribboncuttingandtheunveilingofa commemorativeplaque,followedbydemonstrationsbyGTI students showcasing AutoCAD applications and digital draftingtechniques.
Police in Berbice are investigating the death of a 52year-old patient of the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital,whotheysaiddiedundertroublingcircumstances afterhewasdiscoveredbleedinginsidethehospital’sacute centerWednesdayevening.
Dead is RavindraYudeshwar Bishram of Cumberland, EastCanjeBerbice.Policesaidthatatapproximately19:30 hrs.onFebruary19,astaffmemberondutyreportedlyheard gaspingsoundscomingfromwithintheward,whichhouses patients requiring close supervision. Upon checking, Bishramwasfoundlyinginapoolofblood.
He was immediately escorted to the New Amsterdam PublicHospital,wherehewasadmittedtotheAccidentand Emergency Department. He succumbed to his injuries at about 06:53 hrs. on Thursday while receiving medical attention.
Policeconfirmedthatanotherpatientatthefacility,38year-old Anthony Tucker of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice,wasinvolvedintheincident.Tuckerhassincebeen placedinanisolationroomasinvestigationscontinue.
Bishram’s body has been transported to Persaud’s FuneralHome,whereitawaitsapost-mortemexamination. Investigators are working to establish what transpired insidetheacutecentrepriortoBishrambeingfoundinjured. Authoritieshavenotyetdisclosedthenatureoftheinjuries.
At the launch of the high-performing desktop computers to support AutoCAD-based instruction at GTI.
Former Caribbean Heads of State and Government have issued a public appeal calling for urgent action to prevent what they describe as a “deepening humanitariancrisis”inCuba.
In a statement attributed to formerGuyanesePresidentDonald Ramotar and former prime ministers Keith Rowley, Kenny Anthony, Bruce Golding, Edison James, Tillman Thomas, P. J. Patterson and Freundel Stuart, the leaderssaidtheyare“perturbed”by thesituationunfoldinginCuba.
TheypointedtotheJanuary29, 2026ExecutiveOrderissuedbythe United States against any nation providing oil to Cuba without the imposition of punitive, discriminatory tariffs, arguing that itamountstoeconomicwarfareand inflicts“unconscionablesuffering” ontheCubanpeople.
CNN recently reported that Cubamaybeexperiencingthemost profound moment of economic uncertainty that the island’s residents have endured in decades if not over their entire lives Through military action in Venezuela and threats of tariffs on Mexico, the Trump administration hasshutofftheflowofoiltoCuba,
attempting to strong-arm the communist-run island into making significant political and economic reforms.Asthecrisisdragson,life is slowly grinding to a halt across this island of nearly 10 million people,themediaentitysaid.
“The consequences of this horrific fuel blockade are catastrophic and constitute cruel punishment of the 11 million civilians by the strangulation of Cuba’s vital requirements for energy, food, medication, education and basic livelihood,” theformerleadersnoted.
They noted that the universal principle of dialogue to resolve conflicts and disputes must not be abandoned in favour of what they described as political vendettas wagedbypowerfulnationsagainst smaller states through economic measures. They recalled that on December 8, 1972, the prime ministers of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations with Cuba, asserting their sovereign right to end the hemispheric economic isolation of aneighbouringCaribbeanstate.
For more than five decades, theynoted,Cubahasdemonstrated
People walk next to trash on a street in Havana, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026.
(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
solidarity with the region through medical brigades, scholarships, sports cooperation and disaster relief, offering assistance during times of need without requesting reciprocalsupport.
“We,duringourtenureoverthe last 33 years, have been inspired and imbued by the courage and foresightofourpredecessorsatthe helm to consistently sponsor and support the Resolutions at UN General Assembly for the termination of the illegal financial and economic embargo by the US against Cuba That abhorrent embargo was condemned by an overwhelmingmajorityofMember States, including 4 permanent membersoftheSecurityCouncil,” theformerleadersstated.
They further noted that the
global community cannot remain silentwhilea“fatalperniciousfuel torniquet” stifles the Cuban economy and suffocates human livesthere.
“Weadvocatetheimperativeof repealing immediately any decree thatwillresultinanunprecedented humanitarian crisis in Cuba and undermine the tenets of international law,” the former leadersstated.
Additionally, the statement emphasised that the foundation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) rests on the right of each sovereign state to promote regional solidarity and advance comprehensive cooperation. The leaders expressed confidence that Caribbean citizens would support any decision by regional
governments to provide tangible material assistance to Cuba during thisperiod.
It was stated, “We will never accept the doctrine that might makes right. Economic warfare waged on differences of ideology and political systems is no less odious in our single universe than military invasion anywhere for territorialaggrandizement.”
Endorsing findings by UN human rights experts that the Executive Order violates international law, the former leaders urged the United States Government to rescind what they describedas“inhumaneweaponof mass destruction,” and called on the international community to provideCubawithurgentlyneeded humanitarianassistance.
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this case. Based on government data from October to midDecember, those represent about a third of the revenue from Trumpimposedtariffs.
IEEPAlets a president regulate commerceinanationalemergency Trumpbecamethefirstpresidentto useIEEPAtoimposetariffs,oneof themanywayshehasaggressively pushedtheboundariesofexecutive authoritysincehereturnedtooffice inareasasvariedashiscrackdown on immigration, the firing of federalagencyofficials,opensnew tab,domesticmilitarydeployments andmilitaryoperationsoverseas.
Kavanaugh in his dissent said thatIEEPA’stext,aswellashistory and prior Supreme Court rulings s u p p o r t e d t h e Tr u m p administration’sposition.
“Thetariffsatissueheremayor may not be wise policy,” Kavanaughadded.“Butasamatter oftext,history,andprecedent,they are clearly lawful,” Kavanaugh wrote.
Trump described the tariffs as vital for U.S. economic security, predicting that the country would be defenseless and ruined without them. Trump in November told reporters that without his tariffs “the rest of the world would laugh at us because they’ve used tariffs against us for years and took
advantage of us.” Trump said the United States was abused by other countries including China, the second-largesteconomy
Candace Laing, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce,saidthedecisionwasa legalruling,notaresetofU.S.trade policy
“Canada should prepare for new,bluntermechanismstobeused to reassert trade pressure, potentially with broader and more disruptive effects,” Laing said in a statement.
After the Supreme Court heard argumentsinthecaseinNovember, Trump said he would consider alternatives if it ruled against him on tariffs, telling reporters that “we’llhavetodevelopa‘gametwo’ plan.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other administration officials said the United States would invoke other legal justifications to retain as many of Trump’stariffsaspossible.Among others, these include a statutory provision that permits tariffs on imported goods that threaten U.S. national security and another that allowsretaliatoryactionsincluding tariffs against trading partners that the Office of the U S Trade Representative determines have used unfair trade practices against Americanexporters.
None of these alternatives offered the flexibility and bluntforce dynamics that IEEPA provided Trump, and may not be abletoreplicatethefullscopeofhis tariffsinatimelyfashion.
Senate Democratic Leader ChuckSchumercalledthedecision a “victory for the wallets of every American consumer,” adding: Trump’s illegal tariff tax just collapsed. He tried to govern by decree and stuck families with the bill. Enough chaos. End the trade war.”
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren said the ruling left many questionsunanswered.
“The Court has struck down thesedestructivetariffs,butthereis nolegalmechanismforconsumers and many small businesses to recoup the money they have already paid Instead, giant corporations with their armies of lawyers and lobbyists can sue for tariff refunds, then just pocket the money for themselves,” Warren said.
INCREASED LEVERAGE
Trump’s ability to impose tariffs instantaneously on any trading partner’s goods under the aegis of some form of declared national emergency raised his leverage over other countries. It brought world leaders scrambling toWashingtontosecuretradedeals
that often included pledges of billionsofdollarsininvestmentsor other offers of enhanced market accessforU.S.companies.
But Trump’s use of tariffs as a cudgel in U.S. foreign policy has succeeded in antagonizing numerous countries, including those long considered among the closestU.S.allies.
IEEPA historically had been used for imposing sanctions on enemiesorfreezingtheirassets,not to imposetariffs.Thelaw does not specifically mention the word tariffs.Trump’sJusticeDepartment had argued that IEEPA allows tariffs by authorizing the president to “regulate” imports to address emergencies.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that if all current tariffs stay in place, including the IEEPA-based duties, they would generate about $300 billion annually over the next decade.
On April 2 on a date Trump labeled “Liberation Day,” the presidentannouncedwhathecalled “reciprocal” tariffs on goods imported from most U.S. trading partners, invoking IEEPA to address what he called a national emergency related to U.S. trade deficits, though the United States already had run trade deficits for decades.
InFebruaryandMarchof2025, Trump invoked IEEPA to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico,citingthetraffickingofthe often-abused painkiller fentanyl and illicit drugs into the United Statesasanationalemergency EXTRACTING CONCESSIONS
Trumphaswieldedhistariffsto extractconcessionsandrenegotiate trade deals, and as a weapon to punish countries that draw his ire on non-trade political matters These have ranged from Brazil’s prosecutionofformerpresidentJair Bolsonaro, India’s purchases of Russian oil that help fund Russia’s war in Ukraine, and an anti-tariffs adbyCanada’sOntarioprovince.
IEEPAwaspassedbyCongress and signed by Democratic PresidentJimmyCarter Inpassing the measure, Congress placed additional limits on the president’s authority compared to a predecessorlaw
The cases on tariffs before the justicesinvolvedthreelawsuits.
The Washington-based U S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with five small businessesthatimportgoodsinone challenge, and the states of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, NewYork,OregonandVermontin another
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE JUDICATURE OF GUYANA JURISDICTION
CIVIL JURISDICTION
Case No.: 2025-HC-FDAESS-CIV-36
Party’s Name: SHAM
KUMARI RAJWANTIE
Party Type: Applicant
Party’s Name- GANGA PERSAUD
Party Type: Respondent Notice to: GANGA PERSAUD
Last known address: Lot 1684 Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, Republic of Guyana. TAKE NOTICE that on the 4th day of December, 2025 a Form 4A: General Heading, Form: 4C: Information for Court Use, Form 5A: Draft of Order, Form 8B: Fixed Date Application, Affidavit of Sham Kumari Rajwantie and Notice of Appointment of Attorney-at-Law were filed against you by SHAM KUMARI RAJWANTIE, the Applicant is in the Civil Jurisdiction of the High Court in Supreme Court Sub-Registry Suddie, Essequibo Coast. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire you may appear or attend in person or by your duly authorized agent or Attorney-at-Law at the Registry of the Civil Jurisdiction of the High Court at Supreme Court Sub-Registry Suddie, Essequibo Coast, where you will be issued with a Certified Copy of the Application, together with related documents. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire to Defend this Fixed Date Application, then upon receipt of the Certified Copy of this Application, you must file an Affidavit in Defence in the Registry of the Civil Jurisdiction of the High Court at Supreme Court Sub-Reg
istry Suddie, Essequibo Coast within fourteen (14) days from the date of first publication of this Notice. TAKE NOTICE that Directions hearing fixed on Thursday the 19th day of March, 2026 at 8:30am before the Honourable Madam Justice FIDELA CORBIN-LINCOLN, Zoom ID: 367 968 1848 and Passcode: 6789123.
LEGAL NOTICE
APPLICATION FOR MONEY LENDER’S CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 OF THE MONEY LENDERS’ACT: I, VALERIE ELIZABETH PERSAUD of lot 59 Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara,hereby give notice that I have applied to the Magistrate of the East Demerara Magistrate’s Court (Cove & John Magistrate’s Court) for a Certificate under the Money Lenders’ Act authorizing the grant to me of a Money Lender’s Licence to carry on the business of a Money Lender under the title of VALRICE PAWN SHOP of lot 59 Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, NOTICE of any objection to the application should be sent forthwith to the CLERK OF COURT OF THE COVE & JOHN MAGISTRATE’S COURT and a copy of any such notice should be sent to the subscriber, VALERIE ELIZABETH PERSAUD of lot 59 Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara.
Applicant Sworn to at Georgetown, Demerara
This 16th day of February, 2026.
OF GUYANA
COMMERCIAL DIVISION
COURT FILE NO: 2024/ 59-HC-SOC-DEM-CIV
BETWEEN:
BARBARA LILOWTIE
JOSEPH also known as BARBARA SPRINGER
Claimant -andDEVIN JOSEPH
Defendant NOTICE: TO:
DEVIN JOSEPH
580 Section “D”
Plantation Turkeyen
Georgetown
TAKE NOTICE that an Amended Statement of Claim was filed on the 3rd day of February, 2026, against you by BARBARA LILOWTIE JOSEPH also known as BARBARA SPRINGER, in the High Court in Georgetown, Demerara, where the Applicant asks for:
i. A Declaration that the Defendant has obtained an unjust enrichment against the Claimant for monies received and expended towards the construction of the building situate as Parcel No. 2774, Block: 413331 of Zone: 413 being part of Plantation Turkeyen as more fully described on Certificate of Title Numbered 2018/1216-H;
ii. An Order of restitution of the said sums of money totaling $5, 978, 881 (five million nine hundred and seventy eight thousand eight hundred and eighty one) being an amount recoverable for monies expended by the Claimant towards the construction of the building and erections on the property described as Lot 633 Section “D” Turkeyen Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara in the County of Demerara, in the Republic of Guyana, more fully described as Parcel No. 2774, Block: 413331 of Zone: 413 being part of Plantation Turkeyen as more fully described on Certificate of Title Numbered 2018/1216-H;
iii. Compensatory damages in excess of $1,000,000 (one million dollars); and
iv. Such further or other Orders as the Court may deem just. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that as part of an Order made on the 26th day of January, 2026, the Claimant is directed to effect service of this Claim on you by publication of a Notice in two (2) con-
secutive Saturday issues of Stabroek News Newspapers, a daily newspaper circulating in the Republic of Guyana. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you desire to defend this Application, you must forthwith, after the second and final publication, enter an Appearance thereto, and serve a Statement of Defence on Mr Rexford Jackson, whose address for service and place of business is at IVY CHAMBERS, 95 Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, Tel. No. 592-503-1896, 6242561, and file same to this cause in the Registry of the High Court at Georgetown via the High Court’s eLitigation online platform with the use of the authorisation code: poMU7N, not later than 4 (four) days before the date fixed for hearing of the application, and you or your Attorney-at-Law must appear at the hearing.AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that if you fail to file a Statement of Defence and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, final judgment may be given against you notwithstanding your absence. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the matter is fixed for hearing on the 6th March, 2026, at 10:00 am before the Honorable Justice Nigel Niles via Zoom or in person in Court9 at the High Court Demerara . Zoom Information: Meeting ID : 685 667 7142 Passcode : court123. FOR REGISTRAR
Founder of the TriStar Shore Base and Energy Terminal, Kris Persaud
The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST) has facilitated a major US$250 million diasporafunded private sector investment with the commissioning of the TriStar Shore Base and Energy Terminal, signalling strong confidence by Guyanese abroad in the country’s economic direction and developmentagenda
The investment of US$ 100 million for Phase 1 was unveiled at this year’s Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo and isamongthelargestprivatesector diaspora-financed projectsinGuyanatodate,a statement from GO-Invest saidonFriday Phase 2 with an estimated US$ 100 million investment will be completed during the second quarter of 2026, followed by Phase 3 (an additional $50 million) by the end of 2026 The facility strengthensnationaloilandgas support infrastructure while expandinglocalparticipationin the sector’s rapidly growing value chain. Chief Investment Officer and Agency Head of GO-Invest Peter Ramsaroop, MP, welcomed the project, notingthatitalignsdirectlywith thenationaldevelopmentvision of President, Dr Mohamed IrfaanAli, particularly the call forGuyaneseinthediasporato return home with capital, expertiseandglobalexperience to contribute to nationbuilding
“This investment demonstratesthedeepconfidence thatGuyaneseabroadhaveinthe country’seconomictrajectory It reflects a deliberate strategy to combine diaspora capital with structured local capacity development, ensuring that Guyanese workers and enterprises benefit meaningfully fromgrowthintheenergysector,” Ramsaroopstated TheUS$250 million initiative was initiated by US-based Guyanese investor Kris Persaud and is being developed with international technical support during its initial phase Germany-based Martrade and offshore logistics specialists 3PLhavebeencontractedto manage early operations
Chief Investment Officer and Agency Head of GOInvest Peter Ramsaroop,
while training Guyanese personnel in accordance with Guyana’s Local ContentFramework LocatedontheWestBankof Demerara, the TriStar Shore Base and EnergyTerminal is a 24-hour multipurpose facility designedtoserviceoffshoreOil & Gas activities, containers, general and project cargo vessels Phase One of the developmentisnowoperational and includes 320 metres of quayside with a seven-metre draft The facility has been engineered to handle heavy offshore cargo, with dock platformstestedto86tonnesper square metre and supporting land infrastructure built to withstand40tonnespersquare metre technicalspecifications that are uncommon within the Caribbeanregion
Futurephasesoftheproject, planned to be completed by year-end, will include the development of a container terminalwithcapacityfor5,500 TEUs including portal harbor cranesforefficienthandling,a roll-onroll-offterminal,andan inland container depot. These willbesupportedbypipeyards andlogisticsfacilitiesacrossan additional 300 acres in the TristarGatewayPark.
Operational capabilities will include floating hose assembly, isotank storage, tubular preparation, heavy-lift staging for subsea equipment, andcranecapacityofupto450 tonnes Environmental management systems includingwashbays,inspection areas and a waste treatment plant arebeingintegratedin keeping with international safety and sustainability standards The long-term objectiveisforthefacilityto be fully managed and operated by Guyanese, supported by structured technical training, certificationandexposureto global operating standards. Officialsemphasisedthatthe project is intended not only to support offshore operationsbutalsotoanchor skills transfer, create employment and ensure that a greater share of the value generated by Guyana’s energysectorremainswithin thedomesticeconomy
Former Assistant Commissioner of PolicePaulSlowe, on Friday, was found not guilty of three counts of sexual assault by Senior MagistrateFabayoAzore.
The ruling was handed down at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court The chargeswerebroughtagainst Slowebackin2021.
Senior Magistrate Azore based her ruling mainly on the fact that the evidence of the prosecution and the defenceisofequalweight. She noted that the law is clear that when this is the case,thebenefitofthedoubt mustgototheaccused.
that Slowe was guilty, that should not be construed that the complainant fabricated herevidence.
The magistrate made it clear that though the court could not say with certainty
Magistrate Azore noted thattheprosecutionfailedto meet the high threshold requiredbylaw
The three charges allege that Slowe sexually assaulted a female member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on three occasions back in 2019 at Police Headquarters,EveLeary
The first charge alleges that between March 26 and April 2, 2019, Slowe allegedlytouchedthevictim in a sexual way by rubbing her left leg and foot without
consent. Thesecondchargestated that on March 29, 2019, at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Slowe allegedly touched the victim in a sexual way by rubbing her left leg and foot without consent.
The third charge alleges that on April 2, 2019, at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Slowe allegedly touched the victim in a sexual way by rubbing her left leg and foot without consent.
Senior Police Legal Advisor and attorney-at-law Mandel Moore appeared on behalf of the Prosecution
GPF has since signaled its intention to appeal the ruling.
(CMC) - West Indies captainShaiHopehasgiven theassurancethathisteamis fullylockedinastheybidto lift the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for an unprecedentedthirdtime.
The Windies ended the preliminary rounds with an unbeaten record after defeating Italy by 42 runs yesterday to finish top of Group C with a maximum
eight points from their four matches.Scores:WestIndies 165-6in20overs(ShaiHope 75, Sherfane Rutherford 24 n o t o u t ; C r i s h a n Kalugamage 2-25, Ben Manenti 2-37). Italy 123 in 18overs(BenManenti26,JJ Smuts24;ShamarJoseph430, Matthew Forde 3-19, GudakeshMotie2-24).
Speakingatapost-match pressconference,Hope,who
was named Player of the Matchaftertopscoringwith 75 off 46 balls, said each player had embraced his respective role and was committed to doing what wasnecessaryfortheteamto besuccessful.
Hesaidtherewasanaura that permeated the camp, pointing out that everyone wasonthesamepageasthey headedintotheSuperEights
where they will face Zimbabwe,SouthAfricaand India. “There’s a different level of enthusiasm and focus when it comes to a World Cup. This is a big tournament, this is the biggeststageandweallwant tobethereattheend.
“We know what it takes togetthereandifyouwantto bethebestteamattheendof the tournament then you have to ensure that you’re doingthenecessarythingsto giveyourselfthebestchance of lifting that trophy,” Hope said.
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A change of profession may beinthestarsforyou,Cancer, or a change of hobby at the very least The latest technological advances have really captured your interest. Makingfilms.
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“Thepersonwhodieswiththe most toys wins” may well be your philosophy, Pisces. And today you certainly move aheadintheraceasyouaddyet another technological wonder toyourhome.
The Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of New Amsterdam, Berbice, has once again organised a feature cycle road race around the town of New Amsterdaminobservanceof Mashramani.
The event, which is sponsored by a number of business entities and individuals in Berbice, will beheldonMashramaniDay, Monday,February23.
Theraceisforcyclistsin Regions Five and Six, East Berbice/ Corentyne and Mahaica/Berbice.
While admitting there wereareasthatneededtobe improved,Hopesaidhewas generally satisfied with the winoverItaly
Onegameatatime
He said it was important for them not to look too far ahead even though their focus was on winning the tournament.
“We’re just taking it one game at a time. We have to makesurewe’replayingour bestcricketregardlessofthe opposition we’re playing against. We saw the threat that Italy posed in the competition, so there were no stones left unturned here today
“We played another good game of cricket, probably could improve on some areas, but I’m still happywiththewaytheguys aregoingandthemomentum is going in the right d i r e c t i o n , ” H o p e maintained.
“There’s always some areathatyoucanimproveon in every single game. We can’t look too far ahead; we’re making sure that we focus on what is in front of us, not necessarily harping too much on the areas that we fell short in, just about giving the guys the confidence that they duly need, especially going into the crunch time of the tournament when you really needtobefiring.
“But we also know that inanysport,everyoneisnot going to fire every single day. So especially in a team sport, the important thing is whenoneofyourteammates isdown,theotherguyshave to ensure that we pull them up and pull some slack for them. That’s the way how tournament play works, especially in a big tournament like this,” the skipperadded.
Allthetopcyclistsinthe twoRegionsareexpectedto be on show There are several prizes at stake, including cash, trophies and othermemorabilia.
The race is set to pedal off at 09:00 hrs from Republic Road and Charles Place. The riders will then turnleftintoVryheidStreet, left into Main Street, proceed along Main Street, turnleftatTacamaTurninto RepublicRoadforsixlaps,a totalof30miles.
The first three finishers will be rewarded along with the top three veterans, top two juniors and top two beginners.Therearealsosix sprint point prizes up for grabs.The top finishers will be rewarded with cash, trophies and other incentives Founder, President and coach of the FACC, Randolph Roberts, will be coordinating the event.Hewillbeassistedby former National cyclist and FrancoCrawford.
Thecyclistsareexpected to be sent on their way by Patron and Mayor of New Amsterdam, Wainwright McIntosh.(SamuelWhyte)
Frompage26 will be rewarded along with the top three veterans, top two juniors and top two beginners.
There are also six sprint pointprizesupforgrabs.
The top finishers will be rewardedwithcash,trophies andotherincentives.
Founder, President and c
, Randolph Roberts, will be coordinating the event. He will be assisted by former National cyclist and Franco Crawford.
Thecyclistsareexpected to be sent on their way by Patron and Mayor of New Amsterdam, Wainwright McIntosh.(SamuelWhyte)
EastCoastrompedtoan easy 8-wicket victory over East Bank thanks to a brilliant bowling effort led by Arun Gainda, while Parmeshwar Ram struck a devastating ton in West Demerara’s win yesterday, whenU19Inter-Association 50-overcricketcontinued.
East Bank Cricket Association sunk to 46 all out in the 22nd over with only two batsmen making any sort of noise, over at PoliceGround.
Only Yeshua Hutson (14) and captain Joshua Buhdram (12) produced double figures with the majority of the team failing tocomeouttheblocks.
East Coast bowling was sharedupamongthespinner Gainda who snatched 4-4 from 6 overs, Kaylan Callender (4-18) and Vijai Kaplu(2-14).
The reply was swift as the East Coast lads skipped to 49-2 in the 9th over with almost the entire order still intact Openers Munesh Outar (12) and Yannick Newton(13)setthetonefor middle-order batters Trilok Nanan (9) and Junior Dindyal (8), who took the teamtovictory
WDCA best UDCA by 173run
Inalopsidedaffairatthe Meten-Meer-Zorg Ground, West Demerara racked up a humongous 241-0 in 30 overs, thanks to an exceptionalknockof131off 86 balls from opener ParmeshwarRam.
The national Youth batsman hit 9 fours and 7 sixes to finish unbeaten alongside his opening partner, Arvin Suknandand who stroked 73* with 9 fours.
UpperDemeraraCricket Associationhadapoortime withtheball,failingtobreak what may have been one of thetopopeningpartnerships at the Inter-Association Youthlevel.
As a result, UDCA fell victim to spinner Navindra Sankar who gobbled up 524 with Ram completing a great game by adding 2 wickets to his century (CliftonRoss)
The Kildonan C o m m u n i t y
C e n t r e a t
Kildonan, Corentyne,
Berbice, will come alive on Sunday, the occasion is one dayandwillfeaturefootball activitiesandafundday
The activity is being organised by the Kildonan YouthandSportsClub. There will be U14, U20
and Senior Football competitions along with a femaleelement.
Teams expected from throughout Berbice include Paradise, Cougars, Eversham,Liverpool,Ithica, Monedderlust(No5),Fyrish, Rose Hall Town, Canje and the host Kildonan Young
Warriors,amongothers. Prizes will be awarded to the top teams in each category Matches will be 11-a-side and will last for onehour
Start time is 11:00 hrs with the finals to be played underfloodlights There will be a well-
stocked food and drinks bar, along with Barbecue onsale
The activity is being used as a fund-raising venturefortheclub
Interesting persons can contact the coordinator, Griffith (Sugar), at 6741727 (SamuelWhyte)
The festive atmosphere of Mashramani will extend to the greens this Sunday when the Lusignan Golf Club hosts a Pre-Mash Golf Tournament & BBQ, an eventspearheadedbyRomel Bhagwandin to merge national celebration with competitivesport.
T h e n i n e - h o l e tournament is scheduled for February22,withtee-offset for9:00AM.
Designedasabuild-upto Guyana’s Republic celebrations,thetournament willseegolferscompetingin a friendly yet competitive environment, with food and
Golf enthusiast, Romel Bhagwandin
drinks provided for players and prizes on offer
Organizers have also incorporated a midday BBQ beginning at 12:00 PM, creating a relaxed, familyoriented setting after the morning’s action on the
course. Entertainment will be provided by Sniper Entertainment,addingtothe festiveambiance.
The entrance fee for players is $5,000, while patronswhowishtojointhe BBQexperiencecandosoat a cost of $2,000. According toBhagwandin,theinitiative aims to showcase golf as an inclusive sport that can play ameaningfulroleinnational celebrations.
“Mashramani is about celebrating who we are as a people,”Bhagwandinnoted.
“Golf might traditionally be seen as a quiet, technical game, but it also builds
camaraderie and unity This eventisaboutbringingthose elements together in a way that reflects our national spirit.”
The Lusignan Golf Club continuestopositionitselfas
a hub for community engagement, and this PreMash tournament reinforces thatcommitmentbyopening its fairways to sport enthusiasts and families alike.
With competition in the morningandfestivitiesinthe afternoon, the event promisesabalancedblendof sport, culture, and celebration as Guyana countsdowntoMashramani.
The Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) of New Amsterdam, Berbice, has once again organised a feature cycle road race around the town of New Amsterdaminobservanceof Mashramani.
The event, which is sponsored by a number of business entities and individuals in Berbice, will beheldonMashramaniDay, Monday,February23.
Theraceisforcyclistsin Regions Five and Six, East Berbice/ Corentyne and Mahaica/Berbice.
The race is set to pedal off at 09:00 hrs from Republic Road and Charles Place. The riders will then turn left intoVryheid Street, leftintoMainStreet,proceed
alongMainStreet,turnleftat Tacama Turn into Republic Road for six laps, a total of 30miles.
Allthetopcyclistsinthe twoRegionsareexpectedto be on show There are several prizes at stake, including cash, trophies and othermemorabilia. Thefirstthreefinishers (Continuedonpage22)
Students and teachers from Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) traveled to Georgetown on Friday for preparatory Caribbean
Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) golf training, highlighting the school’s continued commitment to the golf PE programdevelopment.
Atotalof26studentsand three teachers departed Berbice at 5:00 a m to participate in a four-hour training session at the NexgenGolfAcademy
The session was led by
Master Coach Aleem HussainandLPGAGirlsSite Director Philip Haynes, who provided hands-on instructioninclubgrip,shotmaking, and putting, followed by a competitive
team exercise. CoachAleem Hussainpraisedthestudents’ performance, noting that BEI—oneofthepilotschools in the school go
f program—placedthirdinlast year’s national golf championship and said that thisyear’steamshowsstrong potential for this year’s competition.
The visit follows a recent training session by Bush Lot Secondary School, as part of ongoing youth golf developmentinitiativesledby the Guyana Golf Association in partnership with Nexgen Golf Academy and the Westside Golf Course The programcontinuestoexpand participation in golf nationwide, particularly among young players and femaleathletes.
A number of students and teachers attended the Nexgen Golf Academy as part of the CSEC PE program
Bacchus XI will represent Region 3 in the National Tournament
The Better Hope C o m m u n i t y Centre Ground willcomealiveonSundayas softball cricketers from around Guyana will take to the field from 9am in the national playoffs of the 2nd edition of the “One Guyana Inter-Region Ten10 Softball CricketCup”.
Top regional winning teams in both male and female categories across the country will battle for supremacy, as the day’s event is set to feature exciting softball cricket, with players taking show casingtheirskillsandtalents inthegame.
The male winning team will walk away with $1,000,000 and the winning Trophy, while the runner-up team is going to take home cash and a trophy Prizes will also be awarded to the MVP, Best Bowler, and Batsman for the day and ManoftheFinal.
While in the female category, the winner will walk away with $300,000 and the winning trophy, the
runner-up will receive cash andatrophy Prizeswillalso beawardedtotheMVP,Best Bowler,andBatsmanforthe dayandManoftheFinal.
According to the organisers,thefinalsinboth categories will be played under lights, while spectators can look forward to the best of entertainment off the field with lots of games and side attractions forthekids. Therewillbea well-stocked beverage bar andBBQonsale,musicwill be provided by Earth Storm Sound System, and admission into the venue is free.
TheMinisterofCulture, Youth and Sport, Hon CharlesRamsonM.P.,along with other senior officials andsponsors,willbegracing theevent.
RSSportsisencouraging cricketfanstocomeoutand witnesstopsoftballactionin this “One Guyana InterRegion Ten10 Softball Cricket Cup” Playoffs, which is the country’s biggest softball cricket competition.
The Windies ended the preliminary rounds with an unbeaten record after defeating Italy by 42 runs (Getty Images)
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