Year: 2012

An international style ambassador

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A U.S-based Guyanese girl is living her dreams at one of the world’s top design houses By Venessa Deosaran June Haynes is a fashion executive in the glitz and glamour of the international fashion world, living her dreams while proving that great talent can come from beautiful Guyana. Describing herself as a creative, curious, fun person who loves fashion, giving back, and life, the US-based Guyanese fashion connoisseur now serves as senior vice president of retail, and brand ambassador at Valentino, the luxury fashion house founded by master couturier Valentino…

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Back Circle, Leopold Street into final

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Guinness Greatest of the Streets… Defending champions Back Circle and Leopold Street will contest the final of the Georgetown leg of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets football competition after the semis on Tuesday evening at the National Cultural Centre tarmac. In two highly entertaining semi-final matches, both winners emerged with 1-0 victories to secure their spots in Saturday’s grand finale on the tarmac of the National Park. Reigning champions Back Circle needled Broad Street B in what was a highly anticipated feature game of the night. Wayne Wilson netted…

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Guyana coming strong for Caribbean T20

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By Marlon Munroe With the regional governing body rejecting the Guyana government’s proposal for an interim agent to conduct the affairs of cricket in the country while its IMC is in place and the country missing its first deadline for the submission of its squad, the GCB selected a strong team that will be led by West Indies player Veerasammy Permaul. Aggressive allrounder Christopher Barnwell will be Permaul’s deputy. On paper it appears as if Guyana, inaugural winners of the tournament and representatives of the Caribbean region, is the team…

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Hikers men win fifth hockey title

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Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Tournament… By Treiston Joseph Leading men’s goal scorer Robert France scored one of his eight goals last evening to lead the Hikers Hockey Club to a fifth championship in the Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Tournament at the National Gymnasium. It was a grueling effort in 40 minutes of play for the Hikers men as they came out with a 3-1 victory in the final. Back and forth play was the order for most of the first half as both teams jostled for position in…

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Ambitious Simon praises ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman for guidance

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By Avenash Ramzan Berbician lightweight boxer Kishawn Simon said Guyana’s world renowned pugilist, Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, has played a massive role in helping him to live his dreams as a professional boxer. The 22-year-old made the comment moments after knocking out Patrick Boston in a rematch on Friday’s ProAm card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown. The victory on the Guyana Boxing Board of Control-organised activity was Simon’s first since turning professional earlier this year, and Guyana Times International was on hand to speak to the young…

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Guyana’s hockey on the rise, says Phillip Fernandes

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President of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Phillip Fernandes believes that hockey in Guyana is definitely on the rise, despite the many challenges the game faces. Fernandes comments came at the official opening ceremony of the eighth Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hokey tournament which is currently underway at the National Gymnasium. “Over the years, Guyana hockey has grown tremendously because of tournament of this nature and also the input of our neighbouring teams Trinindad and Tobago and Barbados. Their quality of hockey is higher than us here in Guyana…

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Getting better with age!

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– Like a consummate professional, Shivnarine Chanderpaul has gone about the business of scoring runs in 2012 with little fuss or fanfare By Avenash Ramzan “A day’s play is six hours, and you should plan on batting six hours. I have this philosophy of batting today, and come back and bat tomorrow, as was drilled into me by former [West Indies] coach Rohan Kanhai.” The two-Test series between West Indies and Bangladesh is over, and the hosts need no further evidence that Shivnarine Chanderpaul listened and learned from a man…

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The Return to the Motherland

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It was also noted in a 1909 report, mentioned by Roopnarine, (2009) that the savings accumulated by the ex-indentured workers returning to India were also gained from other occupations like shop-keeping, money-lending, cow-keeping, and cane-farming. In the “British Guiana: Report of the Immigration Agent General for the Year 1906-7” there are records of savings taken back from British Guiana to India in 1907 by individuals such as Kaino Singh, a ‘shovel man’ at Enmore Estate who returned to India with $220; a female weeder called Pargasia from Plantation Ruimveldt who…

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Remembering the Life and Work of Olga Bone

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Olga Irene Bone, nee Lowe, was born Sept 16, 1920 and grew up in the pleasant, breezy little village of Palmyra in East Berbice, about 5km from New Amsterdam. She attributed her imperturbable disposition to the happy home in which she grew up. Her formal education commenced when she was eight years old, at the All Saints’ Anglican School, in New Amsterdam but, owing to the informal learning at home, she was not at a disadvantage. At the age of 12, she was sent to the Cumberland Methodist School, under…

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Visit the land of many water

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Guyana has an elaborate system of rivers and creeks that have their sources in the great mountain ranges to the south and west; they flow northerly and easterly, reaching the Atlantic Ocean after meandering through virgin forests. Many of the rivers border with neighbouring Venezuela, Brazil, and Suriname. Four major rivers crossing the Guyana coastal plain are the Essequibo, the Demerara, the Berbice, and the Corentyne. The Essequibo is the largest river in Guyana. It rises in the Kamoa Mountains on the Brazilian border and flows north for more than…

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