Month: August 2017

Tallawahs fight back to end TKR’s 100% record

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…Jamaica Tallawahs 149-6 (Sangakkara 47, Narine 2-21) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 147-10 (Munro 41, Williams 3-21) by four wickets and with four balls to spare A brilliant bowling recovery from the Jamaica Tallawahs that instigated a dramatic batting collapse from the Trinbago Knight Riders was the key to the Tallawahs recording a four-wicket victory in Match 7 of the 2017 Hero Caribbean Premier League. After the Knight Riders had been sent into bat by the Tallawahs a sensational opening half of the innings saw them race to 109 for 2…

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Granger pays glowing tribute to Forbes Burnham

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President David Granger on Sunday morning paid tribute to Guyana’s first Executive President and founder of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, OE, SC, on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of his death. The annual wreath laying ceremony was held at the Mausoleum at the Seven Ponds in the Botanical Gardens, where the former President was laid to rest. President Granger in his remarks said the late Forbes Burnham will always be remembered with reverence for his fight against inequality, poverty, illiteracy and other social ills,…

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Junior tennis ace Ramdyhan takes up scholarship in USA

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By Delvon McEwan Local tennis ace Nicola Ramdyhan departed Guyana on Wednesday to take up scholarship in the USA where she would seek to develop tennis skill and to pursue a degree in Accounting at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia. The former St. Joseph’s and Bishop’s High School student acquired the scholarship through renowned tennis coach Bill Adams who first spotted her during the Trinidad and Tobago International Tennis Federation (ITF) world ranking tournament in 2015. Earlier this year, in an interview with Guyana Times International Sport, Adams noted he…

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Granny admits to cocaine stashed in gas cylinder

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…jailed, fined G$21M Naiomi Persaud, the 51-year-old woman who admitted ownership of some 20 pounds of cocaine discovered by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks stashed in a cooking gas cylinder in her home, was on Wednesday jailed when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The woman pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to her by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. That charge alleged that on August 7, 2017, she was found to be in possession of the cocaine at her Campbellville, Georgetown house. CANU ranks had swooped…

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Woeful Lady Jags mauled 5-1 by Barbados

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Barbados turned out not to be gracious guest after whipping host Guyana 5-1 when Group D action of the CONCACAF Female U-17 Qualifiers commenced at the National Track and Field Centre in Lenora on Wednesday. The visitors took advantage of shaky defending, which allowed in one own goals, and an out of sync midfield to collect three valid points. The more physical Barbados side outran and outplayed Guyana from the beginning as the inexperienced locals, most of whom were in their first major tournament, crumbled under the floodlights. Guyana would…

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Major upsets at GABBFF Senior National Body Building Championships

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– Clark, Campbell dethroned By Michelangelo Jacobus Staged for the first time under new Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness (GABBFF) executive Coel Marks at the prestigious Marriott Hotel on Sunday evening, the Senior National Championships proved to be a night of major upsets as four-time Mr. Guyana (bodybuilding) Kerwin Clarke and two-time Mr. Guyana (Men’s Physique), Emmerson Campbell both lost their titles. The judges favoured USA based Bruce Whatley, who won the men’s bodybuilding overall and Yannick Grimes, a runner up on several occasions taking top spot in the…

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Opposition slams ‘bias’ House Speaker

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Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has accused Speaker of the House, Dr Barton Scotland of going beyond his remit to do things to stymie the Opposition’s business on several counts in Parliament. The Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) told the media on Saturday that this “noticeable behaviour” is becoming more blatant and it has not gone unnoticed by the Opposition. “The Speaker has a habit now in the last year, of every single question or motion we bring to the Parliament is radically edited by him,” she explained. Teixeira has…

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Contradiction ensues over GECOM operations

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…as Commissioner refutes “rosy” picture painted by Minister Contrary to the recent comments emanating from Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan — that preparation for upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) is proceeding apace without a Chairman being in place at the Guyana Elections Commission – it has turned out that all is not well at that national election agency. GECOM Commissioner and attorney-at-law Sase Gunraj, in debunking Minister Bulkan’s assertion, has said the commissioners are being kept in the dark on various critical aspects of GECOM; among which are how the commission’s…

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Construction of “Green Park” in Mabaruma moving apace

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Mabaruma in Region One is “going green” with the construction of a ‘Green Park’ costing G$13 million at Hosororo. Work has already commenced, and is moving apace. The park is an initiative of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC). Mabaruma Mayor Henry Smith explained that the green facility will be enclosed with two rows of three-feet-high concrete-and-picket fences, one-foot-deep trenches, chairs for relaxation, numerous trees, and a place for children to play. The Department of Public Information has said the mayor also highlighted that the park would be outfitted with lights…

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Traditions and tattoos

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Satiricus was a sucker for tradition. After all, why else would he so faithfully patronise the Back Street Bar with his buddies. He figured, just like how the neighbourhood Pub was a fixture all over England, this was the role of the local Rum Shops in Guyana. It was a “home away from home” for the men who toiled hard all day long and needed to unwind at the end of the day. “Our national poet created most of his best poems in rum shops, you know,” Satiricus confided to…

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