Year: 2011

Three arrested for murder of Guyanese woman

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Guyanese woman living in New York was shot dead on Sunday following an attack by three muggers on her and her husband in Queens, New York. Three persons have since been arrested. Newly-wed Rabia Mohammed, 23, died fighting off the three armed men who attempted to snatch her mobile phone. It was reported by Mohammed’s husband, Shazam Khan, that his new bride held onto her phone because it contained romantic texts from him. On Thursday, the heart-broken 29-year-old Khan declared: “Nothing in the bag was so valuable; she had a…

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“Lightning Hitman” to face “Battersea Bomber” -Barbadian Cleveland Fraser out of Light Heavyweight title fight

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By Avenash Ramzan   Kwesi “Lightning Hitman” Jones and Howard “Battersea Bomber” Eastman will clash for the vacant Light Heavyweight title of Guyana when action on the monthly ProAm boxing card continues on March 25 at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The 26-year-old Jones was initially slated to challenge Barbados-Based Guyanese Cleveland Fraser for the same title. But this publication understands that Fraser could not honour his commitment to the bout. According to a reliable source, Eastman readily accepted the offer to fight Jones, but up to press time yesterday, it…

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World Cup 2011 -Australia v Canada, Group A, Bangalore…- Rusty Australia swamp fighting Canada

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By the time Shane Watson and Brad Haddin were launching the ball with frightening regularity into sparsely populated stands at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Australia had taken control of a game that extended their unbeaten run in World Cups to 34 matches, and vaulted them from fourth to first in Group A. Though the margin of victory – seven wickets with 91 balls to spare – was huge, they did not have it easy throughout. Canada ambushed them with the bat, and then created some chances with the new ball. Australia’s…

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Jason Ray Khalil wins second straight tourney – Wiltshire siblings dominate C, D and E categories

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National coach Carl Ince, who has coached Guyana’s world-ranked (45) female player Nicolette Fernandes, gave Guyana Times International Sport his opinion of 16-year-old squash champion Jason Ray Khalil. “He is our most talented junior player… This is Jason’s year,” Ince said. He predicted that Khalil will finally win a Caribbean title this year. On Sunday, Jason Ray must have cemented his coach’s opinion of his game when he claimed a dominant victory over Deje Dias to win the Kool Aid Skill Level Junior tournament at the Georgetown Club. He had…

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YBG Challenge Series… ‘Richie’ rises to the challenge

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Junior national point Guard Richard Mohandatt showcased his remarkable quickness and sound fundamentals to secure an awesome victory in the Skills Challenge during the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Challenge Series, last Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall. In what was incidentally his final tournament for the University of Guyana (UG), ‘Richie’ took on a field of more than 20 competitors, and made it to the finals before securing a clutch performance to tie it up with Linden Technical Institute’s (LTI) guard and his junior national and YBG elite…

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Roshini Boodhoo crowned Miss India Guyana 2011

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By Bhisham Mohamed First runner-up Miss Popeyes, Shivanie Latchman; Queen Roshini Boodhoo; and second runner-up, Miss Guyana Power and Light, Divya Sieudarsan Roshini Boodhoo was named Miss India Guyana 2011 at the National Cultural Centre just after midnight on Friday, wowing the judges with her beauty and grace. The first runner-up was crowd favourite Miss Popeye’s, Shivanie Latchman; while Miss Guyana Power and Light, Divya Sieudarsan, was second runner-up. Christine Camacho, who was sponsored by Toolsie Persaud Limited, came in fourth, ahead of Mohini Roopchand, who was sponsored by Rockies…

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Caricom saddened by Japan quake

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The unprecedented disaster in Japan, spawned by the largest recorded earthquake in that country’s history, has deeply saddened the Caribbean Community (Caricom), the regional grouping said in a statement last Friday. In a message to the Embassy of Japan in Trinidad and Tobago, acting Caricom Secretary General Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite said that the people of the Caribbean Community shared Japan’s grief over the tragic and escalating loss of life, and the displacement of thousands of Japanese through the “unimaginable effects” of this disaster. At this time of grave difficulty, Ambassador…

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TT PM calls for sharper focus on women

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who chairs the Office of the Commonwealth, has issued a statement to mark Commonwealth Day, celebrated on Monday, March 14th, in which she called for more initiatives to help female entrepreneurs. She said: “It is truly a fitting theme as we embark on a new decade of this millennium, where we have three women at the apex of this august organisation – Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth; myself as Chairperson of the Commonwealth; and the incoming Chairperson, Julia…

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Remittances to Caribbean to rise this year – IDB

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US$58.9 billion received in 2010 Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean are likely to rise this year after stabilising during 2010, although a weaker dollar and higher inflation are reducing purchasing power in many countries, according to the Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF). Measured in U.S. dollars, money transfers made by Latin American and Caribbean migrants to their countries of origin reached US$58.9 billion in 2010, virtually unchanged from US$58.8 billion in 2009, when remittances saw a 15 per cent drop caused by the global economic crisis,…

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