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Warriors, Kings set for epic showdown at Providence tonight Sep 28, 2024 Sports 2024 Caribbean Premier League…GAW vs. SLK  Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Amazon Warriors will face the number one ranked St. Lucia Kings in a high stakes battle, as one of the more highly-anticipated clashes set to light up the Guyana National Stadium, Providence tonight. Much will be asked of Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope again following their match winning knocks a few nights ago. With 14 points to the table-leaders Kings’ 16, Guyana will want to secure an outright win this evening as they prepare for a long, crucial weekend of action at home. Kings opening batsman Johnson Charles is St. Lucia’s leading run-scorer with 354 overall, occupying the second place spot. Warriors in-form batsman Shimron Hetmyer, who has been on a run-spree at home, will enter this match as Guyana’s top run-getter with 286; landing him in 4th spot on the overall tournament’s run chart. Middle-order batsman Shai Hope found form last game with a half-century, a welcomed sight for Guyana with a tough phase ahead. However for the bowlers, it will be a tussle for the top spot in the tournament and for their respective franchises, between spinners Gudakesh Motie and Noor Ahmad. Ahmad is the tournament’s leading wicket-taker with 16 scalps, but is trailed closely by the West Indies left-arm spinner who could surpass him by adding to his 14 victims. The Faf/Charles combination has taken the Kings to the number one spot in this year’s competition. With Imran Tahir (12) and pacer Dwaine Pretorius (11) consistently picking up wickets alongside Motie, the Warriors will definitely want the current form of Keemo Paul, Shamar Joseph and Romario Shepherd to continue; while hoping for the best from any other option they choose to field in tonight’s XI. After mauling TKR by 80 runs thanks to Charles and captain Faf du Plessis’ torture at the top, Guyana will need to be wary of the top heavy batting order options available for the Kings, who can do damage alongside their two premier batsmen. Ahmad will need the services of Roston Chase, pacer Alzarri Joseph, veteran David Wiese primarily, should they hope to contain the Warriors stars in power-hitting all-rounders like Paul, Pretorius, Rutherford and company. Opener Rahmaullah Gurbaz will need to regain his CPL form after a shaky return while Azam Khan’s skepticism with the bat remains a worry for Guyana despite some glimmer of hope in the past few games. England all-rounder Mooen Ali is the X-Factor for the champs, having proved his worth in both departments while providing additional leadership support which helps to ease the duties of fellow veteran in skipper Tahir. With a highly-anticipated TKR battle set for Sunday at Providence, the Warriors will need to get past the number one ranked Kings should they build enough mental will to tackle their old foes ahead of the final stages of the tournament. Action gets underway tonight from 19:00h. (C.R) Related Similar Articles

Warriors, Kings set for epic showdown at Providence today Sep 28, 2024 Sports 2024 Caribbean Premier League…GAW vs. SLK  Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Amazon Warriors will face the number one ranked St. Lucia Kings in a high stakes battle, as one of the more highly-anticipated clashes set to light up the Guyana National Stadium, Providence today. Much will be asked of Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope again following their match winning knocks a few nights ago. With 14 points to the table-leaders Kings’ 16, Guyana will want to secure an outright win this morning as they prepare for a long, crucial weekend of action at home. Kings opening batsman Johnson Charles is St. Lucia’s leading run-scorer with 354 overall, occupying the second place spot. Warriors in-form batsman Shimron Hetmyer, who has been on a run-spree at home, will enter this match as Guyana’s top run-getter with 286; landing him in 4th spot on the overall tournament’s run chart. Middle-order batsman Shai Hope found form last game with a half-century, a welcomed sight for Guyana with a tough phase ahead. However for the bowlers, it will be a tussle for the top spot in the tournament and for their respective franchises, between spinners Gudakesh Motie and Noor Ahmad. Ahmad is the tournament’s leading wicket-taker with 16 scalps, but is trailed closely by the West Indies left-arm spinner who could surpass him by adding to his 14 victims. The Faf/Charles combination has taken the Kings to the number one spot in this year’s competition. With Imran Tahir (12) and pacer Dwaine Pretorius (11) consistently picking up wickets alongside Motie, the Warriors will definitely want the current form of Keemo Paul, Shamar Joseph and Romario Shepherd to continue; while hoping for the best from any other option they choose to field in tonight’s XI. After mauling TKR by 80 runs thanks to Charles and captain Faf du Plessis’ torture at the top, Guyana will need to be wary of the top heavy batting order options available for the Kings, who can do damage alongside their two premier batsmen. Ahmad will need the services of Roston Chase, pacer Alzarri Joseph, veteran David Wiese primarily, should they hope to contain the Warriors stars in power-hitting all-rounders like Paul, Pretorius, Rutherford and company. Opener Rahmaullah Gurbaz will need to regain his CPL form after a shaky return while Azam Khan’s skepticism with the bat remains a worry for Guyana despite some glimmer of hope in the past few games. England all-rounder Mooen Ali is the X-Factor for the champs, having proved his worth in both departments while providing additional leadership support which helps to ease the duties of fellow veteran in skipper Tahir. With a highly-anticipated TKR battle set for Sunday at Providence, the Warriors will need to get past the number one ranked Kings should they build enough mental will to tackle their old foes ahead of the final stages of the tournament. Action gets underway tonight from 10:00h. (C.R) Related Similar Articles

Excitement builds as Round 2 of Courts Optical Pee Wee U-11 Football kicks off Sep 28, 2024 Sports – 14 exciting clashes set for today’s action Kaieteur Sports – The second round of the Courts Optical Pee Wee Under-11 Schools Football Tournament, organised by the Petra Organisation, is set to kick off today at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue. A snippet of last Saturday’s action between GIA and Marian Academy. Following last Saturday’s thrilling opening matches, which saw standout performances from teams like St. John the Baptist Primary, Rosignol Primary, Enterprise Primary, Den Amstel Primary, and defending champions St. Pius Primary, the stage is set for another exhilarating day of football. Several high-scoring games over the weekend have only added to the excitement of what is being hailed as the premier U-11 football competition in the country. Among the standout players were Kriston Chandler and Kareme Welcome of St. John the Baptist Primary, both registering hat-tricks in a dominant 10-0 victory over Genesis Primary. Jeremiah McDonald of Rosignol Primary also impressed with three goals in his team’s 7-0 win over Smith Memorial, while Jovaine Wright’s four-goal performance led St. Pius Primary to a commanding 12-1 win over St. Mary Primary. Enterprise Primary also enjoyed a strong start, defeating F.E. Pollard 10-0, with Dontay Kowlessar and Shine Arthur serving up eight goals between themselves. Today’s fixtures promise more exciting action, with Tapakuma Lake Primary facing Ann’s Grove Primary at 11:00 am, while Batavia Primary takes on West Ruimveldt in another thrilling encounter. Later in the day, Georgetown International Academy (GIA) will battle School of the Nation at 2:00 pm. Defending champions St. Pius Primary will face Winfer Gardens in their second match of the tournament, and Potaro Primary is set to go head-to-head with Stella Marris Primary. Other schools in action today include St. Gabriel’s, St. John the Baptist, Belladrum, Redeemer, Enterprise, Rosignol, Tucville, St. Mary, Genesis, Timehri, Den Amstel, Golden Grove, Calaco, Marian Academy, Smith Memorial, F.E. Pollard, Santa Rosa, and North Georgetown Primary. The tournament, coordinated by the Petra Organisation, is sponsored by Unicomer Guyana Inc. through Courts Optical brand. It has also received significant support from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, MVP Sports, Sterling Products Limited, and Stena Drilling. Related Similar Articles

Vagrant found dead on Alexander Street Sep 28, 2024 News Kaieteur News – An unidentified vagrant was found dead on Alexander Street, Georgetown on Friday. Police said the man’s body was found around 06: 10 hrs and he appears to be of East Indian descent. Investigations revealed that the vagrant was consuming alcohol and thereafter was seen vomiting as he walked on the street.The man’s body was found lying on the pavement. He was pronounced dead by a doctor. No marks of violence were evident on his body.The man’s body was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) mortuary where it awaits a post-mortem examination. Investigations are ongoing. Related Similar Articles

Guyana’s economic trajectory is on the upswing Sep 28, 2024 Letters Dear Editor, Mr. Eric Phillips in a letter published on 9/8/‘24 edition of S/N headlined ‘The next election will be critical if we are to forge ahead as a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation’ was long on pontificating and pessimism clothed with a strange political motive. Mr. Phillips it appears would like Guyanese to wipe the historical slate clean, make a fresh start and begin exploring the best form of democracy and inclusiveness for them as if they are complete strangers to these key pillars of good governance. Based on his letter, Mr. Phillips suggests that Guyanese have never experienced a true taste of democracy save and except during the periods of the Burnham, Hoyte and Granger administrations. Interestingly, I do not recall Mr. Phillips openly championing constitutional reform nor shared governance while the PNC/APNU+AFC were in office. With the PPP/C in government, Mr. Phillips now posits that our only salvation as a nation resides in constitutional reform. According to Mr. Phillips; ‘What Guyana needs at the next elections is Parliamentary shared governance as this is the only path to ensure shared governance is enshrined in our next constitution.’ He then amplifies; ‘The beginning of this process of good governance begins with three strong political parties at the next elections so that neither of them receives more than 49% of the electorate.’ Phillips’ justification for shared governance is; ‘There is an inconvenient truth about Guyana that is known throughout the world. This inconvenient truth is that Guyana is a deeply divided racial society.’ He went on; ‘Racism has plagued Guyana because of an incorrect historical narrative that has been promoted and maintained by racial entrepreneurs’. He further argues; Guyana needs a new constitutional arrangement that will heal Guyana’s racial rift and encourage, facilitate and ensure nation building.’ But while speaking to a ‘Politics 101 podcast (26.9.’24) Phillips made an abrupt U-turn in his prognosis about Guyana’s future stating; “it’s not about sharing power it’s about partition as an option to be discussed.” To achieve his objectives, Mr. Philips has advocated that opposition parties should not contest the next election separately, but should do so as a united block; that they should commit to a single goal; to win the majority of seats in the next parliament and aim for a minority government. And donning the garb of a prophet of doom, Phillips makes a quantum leap suggesting and at the same time asking; ‘Without an inclusive form of governance, Guyana is destined for conflict and failure’. Once a country has oil, geopolitics will always trump local politics. Will Guyana become an existential form of Gaza?’ To address his rather outlandish concerns Phillips then pontificates; ‘At the next elections, I hope there are three strong parties so that no party obtains 49% of the vote. This would be the greatest gift to Guyana and its People.  Guyana cannot afford anything else.’. How the opposition parties will accomplish this feat is anybody’s guess; but Phillips has carved out what he considers a strategic pathway for opposition parties to follow in order for them to achieve the goal he has plotted for them to follow. Phillips’ narrative appears to have gained traction in opposition circles since the PNC has identified Aubrey Norton as it’s presidential candidate followed by the WPA with David Hinds as its candidate but Mr. Hinds should acquaint himself with the constitutional requirements. It is now left to be seen whether the AFC will follow suit. Now that the WPA and AFC has exited the APNU and with the PNC left like a hanging shard in the alliance, what will be the position of the remnants in the APNU is yet to be seen. Mr. Phillips fails to situate his hubristic line march in the context of Guyanese real politik. The democracy we live in is basically liberal democratic in nature. Political parties and trade unions as well as NGO’s are free to proliferate and citizens enjoy freedom of association and the right to belong to an organization of their choice. And just in case he did not know, humans are not only social beings they are also political ones. From playgrounds to corridors of power, they are constantly forming, modifying, ending and generally complicating alliances of various hues and shades. What Mr. Phillips is seeking to achieve cannot be accomplished through his ‘electoral pathway’ since politics does not exist in a universe ruled by determinism and order. Neither is it akin to a perfectly designed machine or pathway as envisaged by Phillips. In other words, the outcome of a political move can be completely different from the action initiated. That should be the starting point for any scientific analysts of what is and what can be for a future Guyana. Everything else including, politics, the judiciary and the legislature are secondary since, as integral parts of the superstructure they all stand atop the economic base on which society is built. Guyana’s economic trajectory is on the upswing leading to the dismantling of old beliefs and prejudices based on corroded discourses not rooted in verifiable reality. Yours faithfully,Clement J. Rohee Related Similar Articles

Rights of the Child Commission needs to do more advocacy against drugs and cultural imperialism Sep 28, 2024 Letters Dear Editor, I noticed the news item where the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) presented a report for 2019-2020. The question arises why weren’t they presenting the 2023 report. Why are they so far behind? Is this another useless Commission as the ERC who really gets very little accomplished in real terms? Now they say they are concerned about the rise of drug and alcohol addiction among students. Today’s news reported a sixteen-year-old Angelina Charles, student at Aurora Secondary School, found dead in her parents’ home in Mashabo Village, Region Two. It was revealed she and a group had been drinking in the school dormitory. Is RCC’s function just to register “concerns” or were they supposed to be doing things to help? How are they helping children in schools? Do they know how to help schools? I don’t recall RCC speaking out against the PNC Member of Parliament who is advocating that there are tons of money to be made if we legalize drugs and make big profits off of it. Drugs are rampant all over the country and in our villages. Does RCC have programs to help schools address that? What do they do with all the money they get? Why are they silent when folks are sending the wrong messages to our children? What is that MP telling our children about drugs? Does RCC understand they have to ensure public policy does not work against the goals of the RCC? Did RCC speak out that we are sending the wrong message when the Parliament make it seems OK to possess 30 grams? A recent headline just said, “AG warns police against locking up people found with less than 30 grams of ganja,” (Sept. 26, 2024, KN). As a county, are we sending mixed messages about drugs? Now we see the group “Guyana Together” formed to promote LGBQT acceptance in Guyana, calling for constitutional change to enforce that agenda on Guyana’s children. Can we expect the RCC to speak up about such cultural imperialism? RCC must do more for the money taxpayers give them, not just register “concerns.” Sincerely, Singh Related Similar Articles

Gonsalves says he is a friend of Guyana though he is yet to publicly recognize that the Essequibo is a part of Guyana Sep 28, 2024 Letters Dear Editor, Gregory Quinn, former British High Commissioner to Guyana, who was here at the time President Granger’s government was attempting to return to office at the 2020 General and Regional Elections by means of fraud, in an article written in a series of booklets published by John Mair titled Oil Dorado and republished in the Stabroek News last Tuesday (24th September, 2024), under the headline “Why Guyana should not appease Venezuela and Maduro”, traced the history of Maduro’s most recent attempt to annex the Essequibo and expresses his concern that some in CARICOM are advocates to appeasing Maduro, most particularly, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves. I worked closely with Greg Quinn, former US Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch, former Canadian High Commissioner, Lilian Chatterjee and the former European Union Ambassador, Fernando Ponz-Canto, along with Captain Gerry Gouveia and other members of the Private Sector Commission to expose and oppose the APNU/AFC’s determination to rig the results of the vote in Region 4. Referring to the Declaration of Argyle, resulting from the meeting between President Ali and Nicolas Maduro, hosted by Gonsalves, promoted by Lula of Brazil and encouraged by other CARICOM leaders, Quinn writes, while he understands that “some think it was a good thing, but appeasing dictators never worked out well and, I must admit, I don’t see what has been the benefit of this particular declaration for Guyana”. I do not agree with Quinn in this regard. There is no doubt in my mind that The Declaration of Peace and Dialogue of Argyle on 14thDecember, 2023, agreeing “that any controversy between the two States will be resolved in accordance with international law, including the Geneva Agreement of 1966”, definitively postponed the possibility of an imminent invasion of the Essequibo by Venezuela. Let me underline the fact, however, that President Ali did not go to St. Vincent to negotiate with Maduro on the border Controversy and Argyle is not a product of any such negotiations nor does it commit in any way to doing so. What is of significant note is that shortly after Argyle, the Inter-American Institute for Democracy, on 4th January, 2024, published an article written by Dr. Luis Fleischman, urging that “if Maduro rejects diplomacy and invades Guyana, the United States should mobilize its armed forces and send a message to the Venezuelan military that it intends to intervene, and for their safety, officers, and soldiers must surrender before it is too late. Military action should follow if they do not, particularly from the air. In both scenarios, the result should be the removal of the Maduro regime and the restoration of constitutional government in Venezuela”. Greg Quinn is, of course, correct in warning that appeasement of any kind simply doesn’t work with dictators like Maduro, though I don’t agree with him entirely that the Argyle Declaration has been of no benefit for Guyana. It did, in my opinion serve to successfully postpone the probability of a Venezuelan invasion at the time. The Stabroek News, in a comprehensive and informative Editorial today (27thSeptember, 2024) explained the connection between the Geneva Agreement and the Argyle Declaration in deferring an invasion and the importance of Argyle having been promoted by President Lula Da Silva of Brazil. As the Stabroek News Editorial points out, “if Mr. Gonsalves and company delivered President Ali to the table – and the truth of the matter is he had little choice but to go given the diplomatic pressure he was under – it was Brazil which brought the Venezuelan Head of State there”. A great disappointment for me was the role played by Ralph Gonsalves and which he continues to pursue without apology. Gonsalves says he is a friend of Guyana and that he is a friend of our President. Perhaps he is, though he is yet to publicly recognize that the Essequibo is a part of Guyana. I considered Ralph a friend of mine. He was a guest at my 91st birthday party, in the company of President Ali, but, his embracing Maduro, congratulating him on assuming power, claiming that the Venezuelan elections “were free and fair, reflecting the result” when the rest of the democratic world knows differently is unacceptable. Gonsalves has chosen to ignore, for instance, the report of a UN panel of Electoral Experts, invited by the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) to report on the elections process to the United Nations Secretary General, that the “process of the CNE fell short of the basic transparency and integrity measures that are essential to holding credible elections… in the experience of the Panel, the announcement of an election outcome without the publication of its details or the release of tabulated results to candidates has no precedent in contemporary democratic elections ”. Gonsalves knows that he is lying. Friend or no friend, he should hang his head in shame. The St. Vincent Prime Minister came to Guyana as a longstanding friend of Sonny Ramphal to pay his respects and honoured him with a magnificent speech at his funeral, but he does no honour to Ramphal, who gave much of his life to fighting for freedom and democracy around the world, by recognizing Maduro as legitimately elected. Ralph Gonsalves makes matters worse while speaking to the media here in Guyana when he recommends that Maduro is a better choice for Guyana than the opposition in Venezuela. He seems to have forgotten that Maria Corina Machado had declared her party’s support for having the matter addressed at the ICJ. Gonsalves went on to say that “we have an Argyle Declaration and any time, if Venezuela attempts to do anything militarily, you’ll hear that I speak against it”. That’s nice and I am sure that he means it, but his words will ring hollow if it were to happen. In fact, Maduro has already violated many of the commitments of Argyle. As Greg Quinn asks, “why should anyone believe a word Maduro says or promise he makes” and as Quinn goes on to offer his advice to President Ali “Guyana needs to stand firm and ensure those who support it are clear in that support. It should give no sustenance to Venezuela by continuing fruitless discussions over things which are non-negotiable…. time for trying to appease Venezuela has long past”. And, so said, so done. President Ali made no bones about it when he spoke at the United Nations General Assembly. He reminded the world leaders gathered there in New York that “Guyana is a small state that has had to contend with aggression from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for all 58 years of our nationhood” and emphasized the fact that “international law and its strict application have been our armour and our shield in our determination to protect ourselves from this aggression”. He reaffirmed “Guyana’s unwavering commitment to a peaceful resolution of this longstanding controversy in full conformity with international law and the principles set forth in the United Nations Charter” and further reminded them that “this controversy, initiated by Venezuela, was submitted by Guyana to the International Court of Justice in accordance with the decision of the United Nations Secretary General and consistent with our position to settle this matter by legal and peaceful means”. We can only hope that our friend and Caribbean colleague, Ralph Gonsalves, who has led the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines with some distinction over many years, comes to his senses where Maduro and his ugly threat to Guyana and, indeed, peace in our region is concerned. He would not then find a need to assure us of his friendship. We would take it for granted. Yours sincerely,Kit Nascimento Related Similar Articles