January 2011 – Page 10 – Guyana Times International

Guyana’s National Budget to feature infrastructure expansion

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

President Bharrat Jagdeo said this year’s National Budget will feature an expansion of infrastructure, supporting economic activity, and continued and improved services to Guyanese. “You’ll also see a dedicated effort to raise the quality of services that we bring to our people,” Jagdeo told a media conference on Monday, January 10th. “We can do this largely because we are doing better as a country, at least economic-wise.” As such, the 2011 National Budget is expected to be bigger than last year’s, which was announced at Gy$142.8 billion. It focused mainly…

D’Andrade, Morgan win 10km race in Suriname

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Former national long distance champion Lionel D’Andrade and CARIFTA Games long distance medallist Alika Morgan won the male and female categories, respectively, of a 10km race in Suriname yesterday, according to an official of the Rising Stars track club. Morgan, the four-time Caricom 10km winner, had finished the 2010 road-running season on a sour note after failing to podium in the Suriname leg of the South American 10km. The former Junior and Senior Sportswoman of the Year reportedly regained her stellar form in Suriname yesterday to win the women’s segment…

GSA soaring to unchartered altitudes in 2011

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– president anticipates very progressive year for the sport By Kiev Chesney The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) plans to ensure that 2011 is one of the most progressive years that the sport has ever seen locally, with their hosting of the Junior Caribbean Championships and their participating in World Championship tournaments as the focal points of the year. Association president Andrew Arjoon, a mere few months away from completing his first term in office, said that participating at the Women’s World Junior Squash Individual and Team tournaments in Egypt, to…

Heavyweights to headline first ‘Guyana Fight Night’ of the year

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– professional boxers sign fight contracts BY REUBEN STOBY Heavyweight boxers Anthony Augustin and Kurt Bess, who would be squaring off in a return bout, will headline the first Guyana Fight Night for the year, on January 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The 11th staging of the ProAm card, organised by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), will have four professional four-rounders; while the amateur match-ups are yet to be determined by the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA). The main bout will be one of two professional…

Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament gets approved seal of ‘national event’

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

By Reuben Stoby Culture, Youth and Sport Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, has placed the ‘approved seal of national event’ on the prestigious Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament, which he said has set a benchmark for sport organising in the country. Minister Anthony was speaking at the presentation ceremony for the 21st Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament, at the Sleep In International Hotel, Brickdam, on Friday. The minister alluded to the tournament being able to fill the National Stadium at the final, played on New Year’s Day; and noted that not…

WICB signs three-year deal with ESPN

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Last Saturday, the West Indies Cricket Board announced the signing of an historic three-year agreement with broadcast partner ESPN. Under the new deal, ESPN in the Caribbean and ESPN3.com in the US will broadcast Caribbean T20 and other WICB regional tournaments live to audiences across the globe. Highlights and packages of West Indies’ international home series will also air on ESPN in the Caribbean. ESPN were host broadcasters of the inaugural Caribbean T20 in July 2010; they will be host broadcasters for the second tournament, to be played from Monday,…

Another dormant year ahead for the AAG?

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– president remains tight-lipped By Kiev Chesney Most of the sporting fraternities can take credit at the end of the year for the progress in their sport, or at least give an account of their shortcomings in order to know where it is necessary to improve in the coming year. This is, regrettably, not the case with the Athletics Association of Guyana. Progress in athletics in 2010 has been hugely due to the individual efforts of athletes or other stakeholders attempting to make up for the inadequacies of the local…

Local golfers return to LGC on January 15

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

By Rajiv Bisnauth After a prolonged closure to the Lusignan Golf Course due to the persistent inclement weather, local golfers will be back in action on Saturday in a specially arranged tournament at Lusignan Golf Course. Club captain of the Lusignan Golf Club, Patrick Prashad, disclosed that following an inspection by the club’s supervisor, the “green light” was given to run off the Medal Play tournament. “The aim of this tournament is basically to get golfers back in the mood for what is anticipated to be a packed year of…

The Ramdhani duo

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– a potent force badminton competition Badminton is the fastest racket sport known, and is as competitive and as tough as any other sport. Young champions Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani have seemingly mastered the sport, taking home numerous medals and trophies both nationally and internationally. Priyanna, eight, and Narayan, 12, were very intrigued by the sport because of their father, Gokarn Ramdhani, who was a national player in the 80s. Now also president of the Guyana Badminton Association and their coach, their dad would take them to practice sessions, and…

Looming food crisis could take toll on Caricom – Jagdeo

January 14, 2011 TIMES INT'L

As the Caribbean braces itself for an impending global food crisis, Guyana’s president Bharrat Jagdeo, acknowledged that efforts on the part of many Caricom member states to adopt a regional agricultural strategy have waned. As such, Jagdeo, who has lead responsibility for agriculture in the Caricom quasi Cabinet believes the significant impact of this looming crisis is inevitable on those states. It is still his opinion that the region should pay more attention to agriculture, which is why in 2002 he proposed to a Caribbean Heads of Government Conference that…