Month: April 2013

Guyana aims to change fortunes against CCC – coach says home advantage could make a decisive difference

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By Rajiv Bisnauth – Host Guyana will be looking to change their fortunes when they take on the Combined Campuses and Colleges in their penultimate regional four-day clash from Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. The Guyanese team after participating in four rounds each in both the four-day and Super50 tournaments, has chalked up just one victory and is virtually out of the title hunt in both versions. In the four-day competition, they are at the bottom of the table with a mere six points, including three defeats and…

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Chanderpaul, Fernandes receive Guyana’s top sports awards

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul received yet another Sportsman-of-the-Year award in Guyana on Sunday evening when the National Sports Commission (NSC) held its annual awards ceremony at the Guyana International Convention Centre, Liliendaal. Collecting the award on behalf of Chanderpaul was Guyana Times /TVG 28 news anchor and sports journalist Avenash Ramzan, who won the Sports Reporter-of-the year (non print) award earlier in the evening. However, prior to the presentation of the awards, Director of Sport Neil Kumar gave an extensive report for 2012, indication also that last Thursday a new NSC council…

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Media expert Felicia Persaud Triumphing challenges

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By Venessa Deosaran – International communications specialist Felicia Persaud has fought determinedly as a Guyanese woman to make a name for herself despite her “coloured” background. Speaking with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Persaud said she faced many challenges being a Guyanese woman in the international media, “In the United States I’m not a Guyanese woman. I’m black. I’m an immigrant and I’m a woman! Those are all tags that are laid on me just on sight. And they are sadly all labels that are not at the top of the…

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Guiana’s coffee plantations

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It is said that the Guianas are considered the first to plant coffee on the continent of South America, with the Dutch introducing it on their Guiana territories before the French and later British. According to some accounts, the Guianas were the first territories in the New World to cultivate and export coffee. George Hanneman Bennett in his book, “An Illustrated History of British Guiana” wrote that coffee was cultivated on the colony since 1721 after it was introduced from what is now Surinam.  Inland and coastland plantations were laid…

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Helping to rebuild Haiti

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By Venessa Deosaran Digicel Guyana sent two of its employees to Haiti, in an effort to get involved in renewing hope for Haitians who were devastated by a 2010 earthquake that lasted just 42 seconds, but killed 230,000 people, leaving 1.5 million homeless. The project was initiated by overseas-based charity organisation Haven, and Habitat for Humanity (Guyana). The organisations worked in the country to strengthen and support on-going efforts to help families left homeless by the earthquake. The target for the week they spent in Haiti was to build 100…

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Art is a discipline

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For more than 25 years, self-taught artist Kenneth Nelson, popularly known as Ras Judah, has been perfecting his sculpting skills and creating artistic pieces; his works include sculpting, semi-realistic and abstract pieces. Now, he is also using this passion to advocate for a cleaner environment. Speaking with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Nelson credits his mother for his artistic ability. She was also an artist, and had done many realistic paintings. When his mother died, Nelson found out through his uncle’s eulogy that the queen of England, on a visit to…

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Local women’s business group launched in Guyana

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Two outstanding Guyanese businesswomen, Lucia Loretta Desir and Barbara Dublin- Peterkin launched the Guyana chapter of the Women Entrepreneurs Network (WEN) last week at Roraima Duke Lodge. A release from the U. S. embassy said Desir is the managing director of D & J Shipping Service and Dublin-Peterkin is the chief executive officer of B’s Beauty & Naturopathic Centre and Visions of Excellence and Personal Development Centre. Desir and Dublin-Peterkin represented Guyana at the Caribbean Women Entrepreneurship Forum sponsored by the U. S. Department of State in Washington, DC in…

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Brazilians put on dazzling air show in Guyana

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Thousands were amazed at the Kitty seawall in Guyana on Sunday as they witnessed a spectacular air show put on by the Brazilian Air Force’s smoke squadron. The air show was part of weeklong activities to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Guyana’s aviation sector. This is the second time the Brazilians have performed in Guyana. They did their first show in 2008 when the country hosted the 10th Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta). People, with their umbrellas out, gathered along the seawall and on Vlissingen Road for hours to get…

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The Power of His Resurrection

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By Rev. Haniff Bacchus – 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:  And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. The Resurrection of Jesus…

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Star of the week: Shellyann Bannah

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Beautiful, charming, articulate and smart, Shellyann Bannah lives in the Richmond Hill area of Queens, New York. Since her early childhood days, Shellyann developed a love for helping and providing care for persons and has since been pursuing her dream of becoming a qualified nurse. She has a burning desire to make a difference in her community. She is a lover of music and is known locally to participate in many karaoke events where she trills hundreds of patrons with her melodious voice. While Shellyann is currently working towards completing…

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