Year: 2012

Windies players “at home” in America

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida –Richie Richardson believes cricket in the United States could be in for “something special” this weekend when his West Indies face New Zealand to bowl off the Digicel Series. The former West Indies captain, now Team Manager, is expecting to see a lot of “familiar faces” in the crowd when the West Indies embark on their American journey. The home side is feeling “quite at home” among West Indian fans in Florida as they prepare to face the Black Caps in back-to-back Twenty20 matches on Saturday and…

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Ramdhani siblings dominate competition

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Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani dominated the 2012 Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Under-15 Junior Badminton tournament and were crowned the competition’s male and female Triple Crown winners. The tournament concluded on Monday at the Queen’s College auditorium. In the female singles, Priyanna Ramdhani outclassed Ambika Ramraj in straight sets 21-7, 21-10. Ramdhani was by far the star of the evening. She covered the court, and timed and placed her shots almost to perfection. It was evident that Ramraj was frustrated with the skills on the other side of the net. Ramraj’s…

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Daesrath to make debut for Canada

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By Ravendra Madholall in Toronto Thirty-year-old former Guyana skipper Damodar Daesrath is set to make his international debut for Canada in the forthcoming ICC Intercontinental limited-overs tournament in Scotland. The Berbician expressed great pleasure to be a part of the combination in the North America lineup after he became a citizen recently. Daesrath, who captained Guyana in seven First Class games, told this publication yesterday that he has been waiting on this opportunity since he has taken up residence in Canada five years ago. He said he is anxiously looking…

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Supporting the rights of the deaf

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By Venessa Deosaran For more than eight years, the Support Group for Deaf Persons has continuously provided a platform for deaf persons to be heard. Director of the group, Leon Walcott said it developed as a result of a partnership effort between the Guyana Community Based Rehabilitation Programme (GCBRP) and the International Deaf Children Society of the United Kingdom. Walcott is also the editor of ‘Hopeful Steps’ the official newsletter of the GCBRP. The group is an important part of the GCBRP and was established on June 4, 2005, where…

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Women empowered through economic self-sufficiency

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By Venessa Deosaran The ‘Venture Out for Women Programme’ officially started in 2008 as an initiative of EMPRETEC Guyana with a strategic focus for the development of entrepreneurship among women. The programme is intended to target mostly women who are small and medium scale business owners. It was the brainchild of Managing Director, Judy Semple-Joseph. In 2010, the programme saw collaboration between EMPRETEC Guyana and Republic Bank Limited with the first group of women entrepreneurs in Regions Two, Four, Nine and Ten respectively. To date, approximately 300 participants from those…

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A fascinating eco-tour

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By Venessa Deosaran Guyana is a big country – the entire island of Barbados can fit in one of our rivers – so nature trips can take days, but there is now a half-day tour of several East Coast villages, where visitors encounter our Guyanese heritage, a thriving mangrove forest, a wetland teeming with fish and birdlife, and a towering sugar estate house, in the company of charming hosts from the village. And that’s only part of the story in the Golden Grove/Belfield Mangrove Reserve – 20 minutes from Georgetown.…

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Professor Bourne re-elected UG chancellor

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The University of Guyana (UG) administration, in response to questions raised by a few media houses about recent calls by the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) and the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) for the resignation of Chancellor Professor Compton Bourne, has declared that it does not support the call. At a recent meeting of the University’s Council, Professor Bourne was re-elected chancellor for a period of three years and the administration looks forward to working with Chancellor Bourne, the council, all university staff and stakeholders, to…

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A man getting zero fuh “dictation!”

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Remember de subject ‘dictation’ where de teacher use to just stand up and talk and you had fuh write? With every word yuh spell wrong, yuh use to lose a mark. Some even use to spell “a” wrong! Sometimes de teacher even use to spell some words wrong too, and even though he/ she wrong, dem still use to dictate and impose that how dem spell, is right. Well, some of that still around; de “ rong dictation” that is. De other day a key man from de “key” party…

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Padawan exams

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Third formers in Guyana are poised to write their “National Third Form Exams” (NTFE) next week. But most of them are probably “throwing back” and viewing these exams as a break from their internal exams. I know that’s certainly what we did in our year! I guess it’s because these exams aren’t really given the same hype that surrounds NGSA, CSEC and CAPE. I mean, most of us weren’t even aware that there was a NTFE until we were in Third Form, and it was a pity, since we didn’t…

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