Month: January 2018

Daniel Williams aiming for success in 2018

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By Michelangelo Jacobus If 2017 was the year of athletics in Guyana, then 17-year-old Daniel Williams is the personification of that success. Born in the mining town of Linden, Williams has already tasted success in a major international competition; his success came in his specialist event, the 400 metres dash. At the World Under-18 Championships in July, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya, Williams ran a personal best time of 46.72s to win a silver medal and stun the world. Daniel started taking part in athletics at the Primary school level where…

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“Sangre Malo” to set alight Sports Hall

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The battle lines have been drawn as the highly anticipated clash now officially dubbed, “Sangre Malo” hosted by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) in collaboration with Next Generation Global Marketing, is expected to set alight the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on January 20. The Spanish term, “Sangre Malo” meaning bad blood in English, seems the ideal name for the mouthwatering bouts among three of Guyana’s top boxers and three of Venezuela’s best pugilists. Some seven bouts have been billed for fight night which is seen as a patriotic…

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“We can likely be one of the 4 to host” – Jones

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Director of Sport Christopher Jones recently confirmed that Guyana was one step closer to becoming one of the hosts for this year’s Women’s Twenty20 Cricket World Cup set for November. With the Caribbean territories scrambling to fulfill requirements in order to be possible hosts, Jones during an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI) said Guyana has already submitted a bid to have the event held at the National Stadium and is currently awaiting a response as to whether the bid was successful. Jones further noted that he is…

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Serious shortage of experienced personnel to carry out major projects – MPI

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In discussing several challenges faced in 2017 at the Public Infrastructure Ministry, Coordinator of the Works Services Group (WSG), Geoffrey Vaughn has said that one of the greatest challenges was attracting experienced personnel for most of the major projects. The WSG Head explained that while there was in excess of 500 plus contractors who would have been prequalified for works to be done by the Ministry, this issue kept arising throughout the year. This, according to him, is also one of the main reasons for many of the public contracts…

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Happy New Year

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By Anu Dev “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier’.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are two of my favourite days of the year. It’s probably because of that feeling of freshness that accompanies the thought of a new year. Rather weirdly (I now realise), I also used to be excited about the start of a new school year or term. I think I just really like fresh starts. Interestingly, though the “New Year” was celebrated…

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Let them eat cake

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Satiricus was all confused. He and the fellas had visited some friends on Boxing Day at the sugar estate where Bungi and Cappo had worked before it was shut down. Even though Satiricus had read about what was going on with fired sugar workers, he wasn’t prepared for what he actually saw. They were conducting their post-mortem – and post-mortem IT WAS, concluded Satiricus – at the Back Street Bar. “I thought now your friends didn’t have to work, they’d be enjoying themselves for the holidays,” said Satiricus in a…

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Oil fuh so!!

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Satiricus was looking forward to the Old Year’s Night gyaff. All year round, he’d taken a lot of stick from his friends at the Back Street Bar for his KFC party’s role in the Government. But now that the Oil contract had been released, he felt vindicated. It would be HIS turn to crow about what his party had delivered! “Well, even though he is a Moses, ‘Nagga Man’ didn’t need to split the waters and deliver us to the Promised Land!” said Satiricus. “Trot Man did it this time!!”…

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Blanhum’s future as Crime Chief uncertain

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By Shemuel Fanfair One month after a transfer that saw him answerable to the Commander of A Division (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara), the tenure of replaced Substantive Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum remains uncertain as it was indicated that there was no change in his position. Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine had first tied Blanhum’s transfer to the “arrangements” that were in place for the Christmas season, observing that his “reposting” was not without precedent. Now that 2018 has commenced, Guyana Times International sought to ascertain whether or not the former…

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Arifa Mohamed of iMed: making virtual health care a reality

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GES 2017 Held in Hyderabad, India from November 28-30, 2017, this year’s GES attracted well more than 1700 seasoned and emerging entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders from 140 countries across the world under the theme “Woman First, Prosperity for All”. Major focuses were emerging industries, including energy and infrastructure, health care and life sciences, financial technology and digital economy, and media and entertainment. “Imagine visiting the doctor without ever leaving your house.” Those are the first words uttered by young tech entrepreneur Arifa Mohamed to describe her start-up company, iMed,…

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For the love of books, Part one

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Award-winning, thought provoking books to include on your 2018 booklist By Petamber Persaud We, lovers of literature, can say goodbye to 2017 – the year marking the centennial end to indentureship – with satisfaction, knowing that some of the books published in this year will follow us into 2018 while others will stay with us during 2018 and decades beyond. From its inception, the book was treated with respect, even with awe, for man valued the book very highly with regards to its potential as a tool of education and…

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