Year: 2013

Mayor Green launches 20th football tournament

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By Avenash Ramzan – Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green said he’s confident the 20th annual Mayor’s Cup football tournament will serve to unite persons of all backgrounds when it kicks off this Friday. The mayor made the comment during the launch of the competition at City Hall in Georgetown on Tuesday morning in the presence of representatives of some of the participating teams. According to Green, the tournament started with only Georgetown-based teams, but has since grown to accommodate clubs from the rural areas. This, he said, has served to bring…

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King returned unopposed as GFRC president

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Alfred King returned unopposed as president of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) when the local referees’ body held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday at the Carifesta Sports Complex in Georgetown. King, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, headed a slate put forward to members and all nominees were elected unchallenged. The majority of the officers served on the previous administration with Carlos Bernard being named as the senior vice-president, Dion Inniss (junior vice-president), Troy Peters (General Secretary) and Dwayne Lovell (Treasurer). Natasha Lewis…

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Mahadeo wins Central Corentyne Flexout

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Leon Mahadeo of House Pain Gym in Belvedere is now the holder of the Mr Central Corentyne Flexout 2013 title after he flexed and posed his way to victory over his two opponents on Saturday evening. Coming in as the lightest bodybuilder in the field, Mahadeo nevertheless showed superior muscular definition and balance to earn the nod of the judges in both the light and overall categories. In the Light category, Deresh Narainsammy and Tejpaul Gwendsammy placed second and third respectively to Mahadeo. In the Middle category, Leon Mark Benjamin…

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Guyanese Damodar Daesrath in Canada’s team for ICC championship

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By Ravendra Madholall – Guyanese all-rounder Damodar Daesrath has been named in Canada’s team for the upcoming annual International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket League Championships which got underway on Monday in Dubai. Coach of the team, former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer Gus Logie has expressed great confidence the guys will make a good showing in the competition, which is being used primarily for their 2015 ICC World Cup 50-over qualification. Daesrath, a former Guyana senior captain, is the lone player from the Caribbean included this time in…

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Teen follows her dreams

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A young, vibrant and visionary entrepreneur, Jenell Pierre hopes that her story of resilience and hard work would inspire youths like herself to pursue their dreams despite challenges A former science student of St. Stanislaus College, Jenell Pierre started her business ‘Bow-Jay’ in August 2011, as a mere 17-year-old. She sees her business venture as “ironic” because she always thought she would pursue studies in science. “It’s bit of an irony because everyone expected me to go into a science related field. It all started during the period after I…

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A start for young entrepreneurs

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The Guyana Youth Business Trust (GYBT) provides loans and timely training to young entrepreneurs, aiming to support their innovation in the business community. GYBT is a non-governmental organisation that assists and develops entrepreneurs among young adults, (ages 18 to 35) particularly those without access to traditional financing, by providing start-up loans for micro and small-businesses without the need for collateral or guarantors. Along with loans, mentoring, business advice and training are provided. The organization hopes to develop and promote youth entrepreneurship as a sustainable mechanism to overcome unemployment or underemployment…

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A sports Fishing Paradise British angler catches monster fish in Guyana

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Now here is a bountiful catch. According to the Orange News, British angler Steve Townson achieved his dream of catching a giant, wild arapaima fish in Guyana. The wild arapaima is the largest freshwater fish in the world, and Townson’s massive catch, plucked from the Essequibo River, weighed more than 250 lbs. Townson achieved his fishy feat by using a 2-lb piranha as bait. The angler has travelled the world, especially South America, hooking exotic and unusual fish for a living. He has even started a company to help others…

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Butterflies in Paradise

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By Maureen Rampertab – Dedicated to Dr Cheddi Jagan In his dreams the young boy walked, searching the cosmos for the spiritual being of a great one. The pages of history spoke of so many great men – their lives and times inking an indelible mark on his young, impressionable mind. The blue skies, the green land and flowing seas; not their world anymore, but beyond, in their eternal abode. The boy’s mind sought to find one of his own whose foreparents had crossed the dark waters from a far…

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Star of the week: Tagenarine Chanderpaul

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Tagenarine Brandon Chanderpaul, born May 1996, is the elder son of celebrated West Indies Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Tagenarine represented Ghandi Youth Organisation, Georgetown and Demerara before making his debut for Guyana Under-15 in 2010. In 2012, Tagenarine represented Guyana at the Under-17 in the inaugural regional championship in Tobago and in the Under-19 regional championship in Barbados. A natural right-hander, Tagenarine was advised to bat left-handed at an early age. The young cricket prodigy spent many hours practicing batting on the same concrete strip in his front yard, under…

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WOW scheme changing lives

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The Women of Worth (WoW) microcredit scheme will be issuing loans to 500 eligible women this year, programme administrator Wemyss de Florimonte said in an interview on Monday. De Florimonte said in excess of 2500 women have benefited from the initiative, since it was launched two years ago using approximately Gy$250 million of the Gy$500 million made available through the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI).  She disclosed women have been flocking to the ministry not only to solicit loans via the WoW initiative, but to share their success…

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