2012 – Page 173 – Guyana Times International

Results of 2011 polls “overall reflected the will of the people” – EAB

March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

The 2011 general and regional elections overall reflected the will of the people, but also demonstrated that the electoral system is still vulnerable in ways that makes the democratic choice it affords to the people of Guyana, a fragile and threatened one. This was the finding of the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) report titled “EAB Final 1992-2011 Lessons Learned and Recommendations”. The EAB’s primary objectives in the 2011 elections were to determine whether the polls conducted were fair and free of interferences that could affect the process. The main focus…

Hope Canal project seen as the solution to flooding in MMA areas

March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Government embarked on the US$15M Hope Canal, or the Northern Relief Channel at the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC), as it believes that this major undertaking will be the answer to the flooding experienced in the Mahaica/ Mahaicony Abary areas, annually during the rainy periods. And as work progresses on the four-component project, President Donald Ramotar, accompanied by Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Lionel Wordsworth inspected three of the sections. The Head of State inspected work…

Govt will accept High Court ruling on parliamentary committees

March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

The government intends to respect any decision the Supreme Court may wish to make in the petition filed by the ruling administration regarding the composition of the parliamentary committees. Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said that government believes that the work of the parliamentary committees should not proceed until such time as the court delivers its decision. Late last week, the prime minister disclosed the administration’s intention to withhold participation of all parliamentary committee meetings, in the face of being held in contempt of court, and urged Speaker of the House…

Canadians jailed for conspiring to smuggle Guyanese into U.S.

March 30, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Three Canadians convicted of conspiracy to smuggle Guyanese into the United States have been sentenced in New Brunswick to time behind bars. Savita Singh-Murray, of the St Stephen, New Brunswick area, and her brother-in-law Mohamed Yusuf, a Toronto resident, were both sentenced Monday at St Stephen provincial court to two years in prison. Ravindra Hariprasad, also of Toronto, was handed a one-year sentence in provincial jail. All three were found guilty last September of inducing or encouraging people to enter the United States illegally between May 5, 2007 and May…

Getting meals, “checkmate” and a “hydroclave”

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Clement and a certain senior law enforcement officer, trading words. It start when de “mukracker” mek big sensational story (as usual) about “ranks” not getting money fuh meals during de last elections. De story come out months after de results was announced. Clement seh money was there fuh meals. De officer, forgetting that he is no longer de PRO, decide he gon respond. He seh he ain’t get money fuh feed he “ranks” and had to seek other “means”. De “mukracker” keep “feeding” off de officer response fuh try and…

Guyana open Hong Kong Sevens campaign against Portugal

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Guyana’s national Sevens rugby team will open their Hong Kong campaign against Portugal on Friday, March 23. The team arrived in Hong Kong on Monday after they concluded a five-day training camp in Los Angeles and at the USA Olympic Centre in Chula Vista where the team scrimmaged with Rugby USA. Reports from Team Manager, Mike Mc Cormack, indicated that the team is fully fit, except for Christopher Singh who is recovering from a groin injury. Mc Cormack in a release from the association stated that the team is in…

‘I am more mentally focused’- Fudadin

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Avenash Ramzan Ever since arriving on the scene as an effervescent all-rounder at the Under-15 level in the late 90s, Assad Badyr Fudadin, has been earmarked as one for the future. And so the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) interest in his development was exemplified when he was drafted in for the Cross Cutter Under-15 World Cup team in 2000, and four years later, in the West Indies Under-19 World Cup squad. That same year he would graduate to the Regional First-Class level, making his debut for the West…

Hikers win to surge to pole position

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Hikers surged to the top of the points table of the John Fernandes Insurance Services Limited Second Division Hockey League with a compelling 4-0 victory over the Airbenders on Tuesday. In typical fashion, the Airbenders started the game on even keel with the league leaders, stringing together constructive build-ups, but failed to execute in the final quarter of the field. The Hikers’ typical style of fast-paced counter-attack excited the crowd with several near-misses before young Aroydy Branford put his team ahead with a clinical finish in the 26th minute. The…

Rugby champion Grace Jarvis

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Venessa Deosaran Hard tackling, strategic footwork and upper-body strength are just a few features describing acclaimed Yamaha Caribs rugby champion MVP Grace Jarvis. The epitome of determination and perseverance, she has gracefully yet aggressively proven she has what it takes to be a champion. However, Grace’s introduction to rugby came as a surprise even to her, as she never viewed herself as a competitive woman. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Grace revealed that she hails from the north-west region village of Moruca where she was schooled,…

How the streets of Georgetown got their names

March 23, 2012 TIMES INT'L

On May 5, 1812, when Essequibo, Berbice and Demerara were united under the British, the town, named Stabroek under Dutch rule, was renamed Georgetown in honour of English monarch George IV. Constructed from the quagmire of the low coastline that threatened or brought regular flooding, the city landscape would be built to become what was then considered, according to historian James Rodway’s “Handbook of British Guiana”, the “handsomest city in the West Indies”. Georgetown’s wards and streets were usually given names in honour of historic persons of the time as…