Year: 2012

New Jersey woman with cocaine in genitalia sentenced to four years

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Donna Williams, 51, of 300S 12th Street, Newark, New Jersey, USA, who was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last week Wednesday with cocaine packages in her vagina was on Friday sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. She appeared before Magistrate Leslie Sobers at the Providence Magistrate’s Court. Williams pleaded guilty to the charge, which stated that on Wednesday, October 9 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, she had 180 grams of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking. Williams was nabbed as she was about to…

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More local players for Caribbean Cup – Shabazz

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– Golden Jaguars to contest Group Two from October 21-25 Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will begin their quest for supremacy in the Caribbean Cup football tournament in less than two weeks, and Head Coach, Jamaal Shabazz, said a “slightly different squad” will compete in the event from the one that is currently part of the Brazil 2014 World Cup Qualifiers. Speaking at a Guyana Football Federation (GFF) press conference recently, Shabazz said that the management of the team will be looking to expose as many local players as possible during the…

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Guyana’s Lennox Braithwaite assumes lead after day two

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Guyana’s marksman, Lennox Braithwaite turned in creditable performance to accumulate 200 points with 16 V Bulls to lead the points table when action on the second day of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships concluded at the Timehri Rifle Ranges on Wednesday afternoon. Braithwaite assumed the lead from Jamaica’s John Nelson who was leading at the conclusion of the opening day on Tuesday with 116 points with 10 V Bulls. It was a remarkable overall performance for the local shooters as Captain Mahendar Persaud recorded 199 points with 20 V…

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St Joseph’s cruise to victory in field events

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St. Joseph’s High School cruised to a big win in the field events of the East Georgetown Zone Inter-Schools competition at the Guyana Teachers’ Union ground on Wednesday. SJH finished on 292 points with Tutorial High School being the closest finisher on 202 points. North Georgetown came third with 169 points. St Winifred Secondary totaled 98, followed by New Campbeville Secondary (90), Mae’s Secondary (89), Queenstown Secondary (83), Mercy Wing Vocational (71), Sophia Special (7), and Royal Academy Educational Institute (4). Meanwhile, students, teachers and onlookers were locked on the…

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12 basketball players shortlisted for IGG

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From a group of 20, 12 players were shortlisted to represent Guyana in the basketball competition of this year’s Inter-Guiana Games in Parimaribo, Suriname from November 9-11. The successful trials were held last weekend at the National Gymnasium. Five returning players are in the team: Nikkoloi Smith, Dominic Vincente, Dominic Douglas, Linden Fraser and Dave Plass. Completing the team are Travin Dryden  (Wismar Multi), Nyambikieri Bacchus (President’s College), Elvis Thompson  (Kwakwani Sec.), Leonard Primo  (Kwakwani Sec.), Ahkeel Primo (Linden Technical Institute), Dwight Gray (Government Technical Institute), and Taquain Vieira  (Marian…

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“We salute our champions” – WICB

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Colombo, Sri Lanka – The West Indies Cricket Board has showered the West Indies Cricket Team with praise following their sensational performance to win the International Cricket Council’s World T20 2012 title on Sunday night. The West Indies beat host nation Sri Lanka by 36 runs at the R Premadasa Stadium and win the title for the first time. In a congratulatory message to the team, Dr Julian Hunte, President of the WICB, lauded the amazing effort of everyone in the squad and said the victory was a great gift…

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Maipaima Eco-lodge achieves international recognition

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The community of Nappi in Region Nine and the management team of Maipaima Eco-lodge received a pleasant surprise earlier this month when they received a letter from TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, congratulating them on being awarded the “Recommended on TripAdvisor” endorsement and display sticker. According to the letter, signed by Christine Petersen, president of TripAdvisor for Business, travellers have been impressed by the business and service standards at Maipaima Eco-lodge and “it shows in their reviews.” Only 3+ rated properties receive this accolade, and it was awarded to…

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Sadhna Yunus

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“Pageants have helped me to discover my strengths and weaknesses and get to know myself better” Placing in the top 12 of the Miss Universe Canada 2011, Canada based-Guyanese Sadhna Yunus is always proud to seize every opportunity to showcase her country of birth to the wider world. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Yunus revealed that she grew up in Albion, Berbice, and recalled many fond childhood memories, all of which she dearly treasures. Her fondest memory is when she attended primary school, and on Fridays, played…

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Guyana: A place for birding

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Guyana is geographically part of the Neotropics, an area that includes Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America, and accounts for a quarter of the world’s bird species. Our country boasts numerous species of tropical and Amazon birds that are both endemic and migrant. There are 877 recorded species of birds belonging to 79 families, 47 of which are endemic to the Guiana Shield. There are various birding zones that birding enthusiasts will find very interesting. Georgetown is zone one and is home to a wide diversity of birds.…

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Artist Mayya Lobova is ‘Inspired by Guyana’

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Mayya Lobova, who has worked in Guyana over a period of four years, is showing her paintings in an exhibition, ‘Inspired by Guyana’, which opened last Thursday at Castellani House. According to a press release from Castellani House, the thirty-three paintings, on display in Castellani House’s ground floor galleries, show the artist’s enthusiastic response to the flora, fauna and landscape of Guyana, which she discovered for the first time in beginning work as a translator/interpreter stationed in the Berbice River area of Region Ten. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and…

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