2017 – Page 41 – Guyana Times International

CAC team confident ahead of Qualifiers in Jamaica

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

A mere two weeks after taking part in the International Pan American Championships on home soil, the Guyana Men and Women’s hockey teams will be jetting off to Jamaica to compete in the qualifiers for the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) being hosted in Kingston. Speaking to Guyana Times International Sport exclusively, Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) boss and Women’s coach, Philip Fernandes revealed that due to commitments and in some cases retirement of senior ladies the women’s squad is a mixture of new faces and experience. Fernandes explained; “we…

Beaton to play One-Dayers against Sri Lanka “A”

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Guyanese speedster Ronsford Beaton has been included in a Windies “A” 13-member squad announced by the Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies for the three One-day matches against Sri Lanka “A”, starting this week. Beaton is among four players that did not play in the preceding 3-match “Test” series which Sri Lanka “A” won 2-1. The others are: Windward Islands Volcanoes all-rounder Kyle Mayers, along with the Jamaica Scorpions pair of Andre McCarthy and Odean Smith, a member of the West Indies Under-19 side that won the ICC Youth World…

Consistent Singh delighted with batting performance

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Elegant right-handed opening batsman Avinash Singh expressed delight with his top-batting performance after the completion of the 2017 Ontario Softball Cricket League (OSCL) tournament. Singh, who hails from Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, demonstrated his consistency with an aggregate of 270 runs from 14 matches representing Better Hope Sports Club in the A Division. “I [am] extremely happy with my performance this season especially topping the batting; the hard work certainly paid off and I will remember it for a very long time,” Singh commented. His highest score of 84…

Regal Masters whip NY Hustlers

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

…Speedboat power away from Regal All-Stars The curtains came down on the inaugural Prime Minister’s T20 Softball Cup with two exciting and highly competitive finals at the Everest Cricket Club ground on Sunday. A colourful crowd, including Honourable Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and his wife Sita Nagamootoo, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan and Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Sport Dr. George Norton, witnessed the thrilling encounters that saw Regal Masters and Speedboat All-Stars winning their respective championships. In the first final of the day, Regal Masters defeated…

Guyanese designer launches “My heart beats in Africa”

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

Models hit the runway in over 130 exotic pieces from the “Shape” 2018 collection, bringing to life the creative vision of local fashion designer Donna Ramsammy James as she again stole the limelight in Guyana’s local fashion industry. The 20th annual staging of “My heart beats in Africa”-themed fashion show, which exhibited both male and female attire incorporating the softness of Asia, the depth of Africa and the colour of the Caribbean, was inspired by James’s recent visit to Nairobi in Kenya, East Africa. Guests attired in glamorous African-themed outfits…

Rockstone Fish Festival 2017: Lindener walks away with top prizes

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

By Bhisham Mohamed Ravin Persaud of Amelia’s Ward, Linden was adjudged the winner of the 12th Annual Rockstone Fish Catching Competition, held last Sunday. Accompanied by two relatives, he and his boat captain, Ryan, ventured out into the Essequibo River at about 5:00hrs on Sunday in their bid to cop the prize for the largest catch. It definitely paid off, and he was awarded the cash prizes for the biggest catch of the day — also the biggest catfish caught — weighing approximately 65 pounds and measuring approximately four feet…

2000 set to graduate from University of Guyana in Nov

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

By Ashraf Dabie Some 2000 students are expected to graduate from the University of Guyana during the 51st Convocation at the Turkeyen Campus, which is slated for Saturday, November 11. The UG graduation this year will see a number of developments, including for the first time in the history of the university, graduands emanating from certificate, diploma and degree programmes being awarded at two separate ceremonies. This is as the graduation ceremony for students attached to the Faculties of Agriculture and Forestry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Technology,…

Brief history of the Lamaha Canal

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

“The Guyana Story” by Odeen Ishmael stated that one of the major problems that Georgetown faced was the availability of water for domestic use. Ishmael reported that in 1825 one of the leading citizens, Dr Michael McTurk, proposed the construction of a canal to bring water from the Lamaha Creek, some distance south of Georgetown. The author added that the proposal won support from both the central government and the town council, and by 1829, a canal from the Camuni Creek to Georgetown was completed with the use of the…

British Guiana at the Paris Exhibition 1878

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

The Paris international exhibition of 1878, held to celebrate France’s recovery from the Franco-Prussian War, was the largest exhibition the world had yet seen, occupying 66 acres. France’s own exhibits formed half the items on display, while those of the British Empire made up another third. The exhibition was attended by 13 million visitors from all over the world and was seen by exhibitors as an important means of attracting trade and investment, of showing off new technological or artistic achievements, of celebrating the riches of their respective cultures and…

Orwellian world…

November 3, 2017 TIMES INT'L

…in Guyana Our European colonial masters introduced us to the notion of “sovereignty”, which describes where in the polity POWER should reside. Around the time, they “discovered” us (evidently, we’d been lost or misplaced!), sovereignty was defined as residing in the Monarch. He’d been decreed by God to rule and his orders were to be obeyed to the “T”! If you dared disobey, it was” “Off with his head!!” But a strange thing happened over the next few centuries. Ordinary Europeans – especially the ones exploiting the “colonies” – outside…