Year: 2012

Lloyd confirms Guyana’s continuation in Regional tournament

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By Rajiv Bisnauth Head of the government-implemented Interim Management Committee (IMC) Clive Lloyd confirmed to Guyana Times International Sports yesterday, that Guyana will continue further participation in the ongoing Regional Four-Day tournament. According to Lloyd, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) informed him that the IMC can only field the similar team that played their last game against Jamaica. The decision was made at the WICB Directors’ meeting on Monday night. However, where the officials are concern, Lloyd said the WICB has not yet confirmed if there could be any…

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Runako’s wife: His bat did the talking in comeback bid

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CRICKETER Runako Morton, who died Sunday in a highway crash, wanted to make a comeback and secure a place on the Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies cricket teams. Morton, plagued by disciplinary problems during a 17-year career, was passionate about the game as he was for his family, his wife Leslie-Ann said yesterday. She spoke of a man who was regretful about the controversies that led to his fall from grace as a respected batsman, but who wanted to prove he was worthy of the hearts of cricket fans.…

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U.S. launches youth ambassador programme

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United States embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Thomas Pierce has launched the Youth Ambassador Program (YAP) in Guyana last Thursday at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD). The YAP is a three-week cultural and leadership exchange programme sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Partners of the Americas. The programme focuses on youth citizen diplomacy, service, and volunteerism. This is the first time the YAP will be offered in Guyana. YAP participants will be selected this summer and will visit the United States from September…

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Labour Minister orders arbitration in BCGI, union dispute

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The long-standing grouse between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB& GWU) and the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) will be dealt with during an arbitration process. Labour Minister Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul in a letter dated February 29 indicated that the three-year-old dispute would be dealt with at arbitration. The minister has discretion to make such a decision by virtue of Section four (1) (c) of the Labour Act Chapter 98: 01. The arbitration process will see five core issues being dealt with: the wages dispute between…

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Rohee warns police officers about releasing sensitive information to media

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Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Thursday, March 1, warned police officers about their informal relationship with the media, saying that there are some who think that they are doing the force good by helping to grease those sections of the media hostile to the law enforcement agencies. He was referring to those officers who provide classified and internal information as well as their own personal views and analyses on sensitive issues. “I want to warn about this malpractice. The Guyana Police Force is an integral member of the disciplined…

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Surinam Airways to service Guyana – Miami route

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After six years, Surinam Airways will be returning to Guyana and will now offer non-stop flights to Miami and other possible destinations in North America soon. The airline hopes to provide this service for the Georgetown to Toronto route. At a press conference held on Friday, March 2, Surinam Airways Vice President Clyde Cairo told media operatives that the airline is here to stay, and will be providing similar services and flights to its customers at home. According to Cairo, as part of its 50th anniversary, the airline will be…

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De Olympic team might be hard fuh pick!

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It gat some men who ain’t “deh down here”. De other day a man allegedly beat and chop he child mother just because she ask fuh child support. Ow, man, yuh father de child, so father de responsibility! Man like he must face de full brunt of de law! It gat some children who father abandon de home and dem leffing de mothers to fend. That ain’t right and all men must “own up” to dem responsibilities even if de relations with de lady done. Ow, de thing some men…

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TCL strike action having negative impact on economy – TTMA

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Strike action at Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) is crippling the operations of many of Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturing Association (TTMA) members operating in the construction sector and in construction-related activities, says the Association. In a release yesterday, the TTMA said work stoppage at TCL’s Claxton Bay and Mayo facilities is negatively affecting productivity at member companies like Trinidad Aggregate Products (TAP), Alston’s Building Enterprises Limited (ABEL), Coosal’s Construction, Specialist Chemicals Limited (SCL), Precast Concrete Services Limited, Bonsal Caribbean and Pres-T-Con Limited, all of which depend on a steady supply of…

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Terry Gajraj

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Terry Gajraj, popularly known as ‘Guyana Baboo’, hails from Berbice. He started singing as a little boy in the Fyrish Road Mandir where his grandfather was the pandit. Terry’s father and uncles taught him to play various Indian musicals. Terry is one of Guyana’s most charismatic and distinguished singers. His genres of songs include Soca, Chutney, Reggae, and Indian. Since his first record “Soca Lambada” was released in 1989, he has gone on to release more than 29 more albums, and has had number one records on all the Chutney…

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Holi colours

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By Venessa Deosaran On Phagwah day, Guyana will dazzle with a kaleidoscope of hues. Colourful streets and people of all ethnic backgrounds would be draped in vibrant yellow, blue, pink and green powder, abeer and abrac. Holi is the festival of colour that celebrates the victory of good over evil, and is a celebration of the arrival of spring and harvests to come. The central ritual of this ‘festival of colours’ is throwing and applying coloured water and powder on friends and family. Dry coloured powder is called ‘gulal’, and…

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