May 2011 – Guyana Times International

Pakistan draw series with emphatic victory

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Pakistan’s spinners completed the job they had begun on the fourth afternoon, slicing through the West Indian middle order and tail to secure a series- levelling victory by 196 runs in St Kitts. Once the morning dawned sunny and clear, it was only a matter of time before West Indies capitulated. They battled for 27.3 overs this morning and added 100 runs, but they were always fighting against the tide. It was over before lunch at Warner Park. With the luxury of lots of runs to defend, Misbah-ul-Haq placed several…

GCC off to fast start

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The GCC Second Division Hockey team steamrolled Old Fort 11-0 in a one-sided match on Monday when action in the John Fernandes Second Division Hockey League commenced at the GCC ground, Bourda. With Old Fort fielding a youthful side, the outcome was never in doubt, as pre-tournament favourites GCC opened their account just two minutes into the game through a Mortimer Stuart field goal. Stuart would complete his hat-trick before the end of the match to lead all scorers; while teammates Leonard George, Trevon Smith, Shaka Gill and Mark Sargeant…

Windies turns attention to upcoming India series

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Basseterre, St. Kitts – West Indies went under to Pakistan by 196 runs to lose the Second Digicel Test on the fifth and final morning at Warner Park. The Windies were asked to make 427 for victory, but were bowled out for 230 shortly before lunch on Tuesday. Captain Darren Sammy played some bold shots as he cracked six fours in 41 off 51 balls, while left-hander Ravi Rampaul hit two sixes and two fours in 20 off 22 balls; while Pakistan’s spinners Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal shared the…

Raina stuns Bangalore to power Chennai into final

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

How did Chennai win this? How did Bangalore lose this? Chennai always seemed to be lagging behind, but surged like a tidal wave towards the end, with the odd run-filled over now and then, to storm into their third IPL final in four seasons. At the forefront was the feisty Suresh Raina, who pulled out the big shots through the latter half of the chase to set up an improbable win. The defeat makes Bangalore’s path to the final – and beyond – tougher. They will have to win the…

Horatio defeats both Clevelands; wins 800m thriller

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Twenty-two-year-old middle distance campaigner Dennis Horatio ran the race of his life to defeat one of the athletes who inspired him to take the sport seriously, national long distance champion Cleveland Forde. Horatio produced a sensation time — one minute, 55.9 seconds (1:55.9s) — to defeat Cleveland Thomas (1:56.20s) and defending Central American and Caribbean 5000m bronze medallist Cleveland Forde (1:56.06s), respectively. The race began with such blistering pace that a third of the starters dropped out during the final lap. The race had three different groups of athletes during…

JAMZONE contestants meet tourism minister

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The six young ladies who will be competing for the Miss Guyana Jamzone crown met with Tourism, Industry and Commerce Minister Manniram Prashad on Tuesday, May 24. The delegates: Janelle Babb, Janella Lewis, Kiswana Jefford, Niketa Barker, Candia Paul and Jovan Wilson, will be competing for the title on Thursday at the National Cultural Centre, Mandela and Homestretch Avenues, Georgetown. The winner of the competition will be given the opportunity to represent Guyana at the Miss Jaycees Caribbean Queen pageant in Antigua and Barbuda in June, and will subsequently represent…

TT’s People’s Partnership confident of the future

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

One year after it convincingly won the general election, the People’s Partnership government began its second year in office on Tuesday amid allegations of corruption, a less-than-peaceful industrial climate, and fears of a lack of dynamism in the Trinidad and Tobago economy. But Prime Minister Kamla Persad- Bissessar, who has seen her ratings fall by 14 per cent since coming to office last year, has defended the first 12 months of the five-party coalition, insisting “we have been able to change the tone of the national political and civic discourse…

U.S. government revokes more visas for Haitians

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The U.S. State Department has revoked visas for a number of Haitian citizens, an American diplomat in the Caribbean country announced on May 19. Jon Piechowski, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Port-au- Prince, declined to disclose the identities of the Haitians, or to say if some or all were public officials, citing privacy rules for individual visa decisions. He also gave no specific number. He would say only that the travel documents were lifted earlier this week because the holders “were no longer qualified to have those visas.”…

Poverty affects 81 million children in Latin America, Caribbean

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

In Latin America and the Caribbean, 45 per cent of children are affected by moderate to severe deprivation. This means that almost 81 million children below the age of 18 years suffer from child poverty, according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The study, “Child poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean”, developed rights-based measurement and diagnosis of child poverty in the region, and sought to put forward public policy recommendations to overcome the problem.…

Doctor’s wife found dead at home

May 27, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The wife of a prominent medical doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital was found bludgeoned to death in her Echilibar Villas, Campbellville home on Tuesday afternoon. Dead is Sharmaine Monica Doobay, 58, wife of the head of Internal Medicine and consultant cardiologist at the hospital, Dr Ramsundar Doobay. Reports are that her body was discovered lying face down in the kitchen. According to reports, the woman’s head was bashed in and she was lying in a pool of blood. Relatives said Dr Doobay went home and found the home locked.…