Month: July 2011

GHB selects final 18 for Rio de Janeiro

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Following the Guyana national ladies hockey squad’s recent weekend training camp in Trinidad, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) selectors concluded their selection of the final 18 players to comprise the national team. The team is expected to compete in the PAHF (Pan American Hockey Federation) Challenge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the end of the month. The inaugural PAHF Challenge begins on July 30 with the final being played on August 7. The squad has been preparing since March at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, the GCC ground…

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Mohandatt glistens in GT vs Linden B/ball series in NY

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– GT beat Linden 83-78 Guyanese teenage sensation Richard Mohandatt created quite an impression in the South Pacific Play ground in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday, July 15, during the Georgetown versus Linden Friendly Basketball Series. The 18-year-old junior national guard, who migrated to the U. S. A. last March, made his debut in Game One of the three-game series and left a lasting impression to help Georgetown defeat Linden 83–78. The two-time junior national guard, who originally hailed from Berbice, came off the bench and scored nine points to…

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India’s shaky Lord’s history

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– in 15 Test visits to the famous stadium, India have finished victorious only once, and have lost ten times Victor Trumper and Viv Richards did it once. George Headley did it twice in the same match. Sir Garfield Sobers also did it two times, the second at the age of 37. Sir Donald Bradman missed out on a third just before his 40th birthday. Even Ajit Agarkar has achieved the feat. Indian batsmanship’s most prolific trio, however, with 37,000 runs and 117 centuries between them, have no centuries to…

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The flawed, the fabulous Imran Khan

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Imran was a true hero, and he had the cracks in his armour to prove it By Kamran Abbasi Imtiaz Sipra, the great sports editor of The News in Pakistan, was a blind drunkard, but he had the honesty of a drunk. “Imran Khan,” he would say to me, “is the king of Pakistan. He is a champ. “Pakistan cricket would be nothing without him. I tell you, kid, zero.” Sipra’s assertions were sometimes hard to substantiate, delivered from below a shock of white hair and from between a set…

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Granger promises to modernise public service

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Partnership for National Unity presidential candidate David Granger has promised Guyana Public Service Union members that, should his party win the national election, he will modernise the public service and offer better opportunities for its members. Speaking at the union’s general council meeting on July 15, Granger said he is disappointed that information technology is not an integral part of the functioning of the public service. He has promised to offer better remuneration, education opportunities, and fewer burdens on public servants. Among the main issues raised by members attending the…

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Hassle-free travel within the region is fundamental – Guyana’s foreign affairs minister

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Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has acknowledged that the free movement of skills in the region may be the weak point in Caricom’s integration movement. She made this observation even as the National Assembly amended legislation to widen the categories of persons who can qualify for the Caricom skills certificate. The Caribbean Community (Free Entry of Skilled Nationals) (Amendment) Bill was unanimously passed in the House on July 14. And Rodrigues-Birkett described the legislation as an important step Guyana has made under its obligations to the Treaty of Chaguaramas…

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515 more trained teachers added to the education sector

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BY SAMUEL SUKHNANDAN A midst a shortage of staff at the Cyril Potter College of Education, in-service student Villon Parris was adjudged the “best graduating student” at that college’s convocation, on July 14 at the National Cultural Centre. Parris graduated from the secondary academic programme majoring in Mathematics. He gained the only distinction among 50 other male students and 465 females all together. While there is still a need for more males to be trained and placed into the school system, only ten per cent of the graduating class of…

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Guyana, India pledge to deepen bilateral relations

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The third round of political consultations between the local Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Indian External Affairs Ministry was convened on July 15 in Georgetown. The meeting was held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Guyana delegation was led by subject minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, while the Indian delegation was led by Vivek Katju, secretary of the Western division of the External Affairs Ministry. According to a release from the ministry, Katju paid courtesy calls on President Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, and Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh before the…

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APNU formally launched

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BY JANELLE PERSAUD AND ARIANA GORDON Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has been formally launched with a promise to revitalise the economy and ensure development for all. Leaders of the new grouping unveiled their plans for this country, should they be elected into office, before a packed Convention Centre of the Ocean View International Hotel, Liliendaal, ECD on July 15. Outlining the partnership’s shared vision of a brighter future for Guyana, former finance minister Carl Greenidge said APNU will develop the right policies, utilise skills and create an environment conducive…

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Learn to live with nature at Surama Eco-lodge

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The life of the people in the Surama village is in the art and understanding of how to live with nature. It is a simple and basic way of life, living according to the laws of nature. The Surama village is a small Amerindian community of the Makushi people of North Rupununi, Region Nine. It is situated in five square miles of savannah land, surrounded by forest, hills and mountains of the Pakaraima Mountain range. The word “Surama”, originally “Shuramata”, is said to mean “the place of spoiled barbecue”, or…

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