2012 – Page 192 – Guyana Times International

Young Ramdhani wins award, creates history

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

By Avenash Ramzan At the tender age of 10, the versatile Priyanna Ramdhani has not only won the Junior Sportswoman-of-the-Year award for 2011, but also stamped her name in history as the youngest person to ever win a National Sports Commission accolade ever since it became an annual feature in the 1950s. Born January 2, 2002 to Mr. and Mrs. Gokarn Ramdhani, the badminton champion, table-tennis star, chess fanatic, and lover of cricket and football has managed to maintain a good grade at Marian Academy, while still practicing the disciplines…

Government preparing dossier to send to ICC

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

– Financial improprieties core concern By Rajiv Bisnauth The Government of Guyana is presently preparing a dossier on Guyana’s recent troubled administrative past by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to send to the International Cricket Council (ICC) so that it may inform future discussions, according to a government source. The source also indicated that this document will be finished by this weekend and it will outline, according to the source, all the allegations of financial improprieties, executive lawlessness, among other things, prior to the formation of the government’s Interim Management…

Steering Committee formed to resuscitate table tennis along ECD

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), on Sunday, February 12, established a Steering Committee to breathe new life into the administration of the sport along the East Coast of Demerara at the Plaisance Community Centre. This move is a fulfillment of part of the GTTA’s mandate to resuscitate the sport throughout the country. The executive of the GTTA agreed that a new direction needs to be taken to elevate the current level of the sport along the East Coast, which had been dormant for some years. Dr. Pradeep Balram was…

Under-strength Golden Jaguars toppled 2-1 in Tobago

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Head coach of the Golden Jaguars Jamaal Shabazz believes that the locally based players have to become fitter if they are to stand any chance of playing in the World Cup Qualifiers in June. This comment came after the under-strength Golden Jaguars side went down 2-1 to Tobago All-Star XI on Tuesday evening at the Dwight Yorke Stadium. Ten minutes into the game the Jaguars were down by two goals after two defensive errors by Kris Comacho. Alpha United striker Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams pulled one back for Guyana in the…

Clive Lloyd resigns as Director of the WICB

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

After 46 years of service to West Indies cricket as a player and administrator, Clive Lloyd has resigned as a Director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Lloyd noted that he was a faithful servant of West Indies cricket. He was the captain of the Caribbean side, which won the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979, from 1966-1985. After his playing days he became an administrator in 1990 up to the time of his resignation last Tuesday. The West Indies legend indicated that throughout his years as…

Windies girls working hard under lights

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Women’s team have a tough assignment ahead of them in the coming weeks but they believe the hard work they have put in over the last 12 days will pay dividends in the upcoming series against India Women. The Windies girls are presently in a training camp in Antigua “working overtime” as they prepare to face their higher-ranked opponents in three One-Day Internationals and five T20 Internationals. The series opens on Saturday with the first T20 International at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket…

Leicestershire sign Sarwan for 2012 season

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Ramnaresh Sarwan, the former West Indies captain, has signed as Leicestershire’s overseas player for the 2012 season. He will join the county for the entire season, subject to gaining clearance from the West Indies Cricket Board and a UK work permit. He will be a part of Leicestershire’s pre-season tour of Barbados in mid-March, before flying to the UK. Sarwan has not been a part of the West Indies setup since the home series against India in June 2011, and has not played any cricket since then due to confusion…

UG Student body says protests legitimate

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) President Duane Edwards is taking umbrage with the Cabinet Secretary’s referring to the body as “extremists” and sought to clear the air on why the body is engaged in protest action. Edwards in a statement said the body was engaged in “legitimate and humanistic exercise” which is aimed at highlighting the issues and problems that beset the Turkeyen Campus on a daily basis. “Instead of trying to understand the reasons and the legitimate basis for these actions, Dr Luncheon has sought to use language…

Guyana joins Amazon tourism sector

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Guyana was formally presented with the Tourism Circuit Manual of the Amazon Tourism Trail during a forum at the Guyana International Conference Centre that was organised by the Tourism Ministry, the Guyana Tourism Authority and the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO). Following the presentation, a workshop was held to discuss the manual’s uses, applications and the next step forward. The formulation of the manual resulted directly from the involvement of ACTO’s move to develop integrated tourism for the Amazon region, and focus on Guyana, Suriname and Brazil, the Government Information…

Investigation gon cause rise in pressure

February 17, 2012 TIMES INT'L

Is plenty water stories over de last few weeks; pirates and related deaths and flooding in some parts. De Bell Crier empathise with the affected. It could never be easy fuh dem. With such sadness, automatically and understandably, de price fuh fish and “greens” does rise up like de water in de conservancy. Regrettably, that does bring sadness to de pockets of consumers. Somebody who does “mek styles” pun fish, ain’t gon find it cheaper fuh eat “greens” and vice versa. But it gat some vendors who don’t need flood…