Year: 2017

Guyana ready to host South American U-20 Championships

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…Contingents start arriving for historic event It is now moments before the commencement of the South American U-20 Championships, five of the 12 foreign contingents arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Wednesday. Among the delegates who touched down to compete at the two-day event on June 3 and 4 at the Leonora Track and Field Facility are the Brazilians, the most successful unit at the Games, along with the Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay teams. This is the first time that Guyana is hosting an international track…

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Ganesh shines as NY XI edge defending champs

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– Lake, Kirton give Guyana first points By John Ramsingh in New York The Baisley Pond Park (BPP) hosted the first triple header on Saturday May 27 in this year’s Rockaway New York T20 Cricket Fiesta and despite the cool conditions throughout the day the action in the middle was heated. In the match of the day, defending champions Pakistan lost a low-scoring thriller to hosts, New York Select XI by three wickets with six balls to spare. As the trend goes, Pakistan decided to bat upon winning the toss…

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Colin Munro on CPL 17: Fortunate to have been retained

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Last year saw New Zealand’s Colin Munro score the first hundred by an overseas player at the Hero CPL, and his Trinbago Knight Riders made the knock-out stages. We caught up with the Kiwi batsman to talk about what he is looking forward to for this tournament and asked him to look back on last year. Considering the quality of overseas players that have been part of the Hero CPL over the last four years it is perhaps surprising that it took until last season for one of the game’s…

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ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: Australia eye record seventh World Cup title

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Meg Lanning has achieved plenty in her career so far but over the next couple of months, captaining Australia to a Women’s World Cup title is foremost on her list of goals. Australia have a remarkable record at the Women’s World Cup, having won six of the 10 tournaments (England have won three and New Zealand one), but this is Lanning’s first World Cup as skipper. Jodie Fields led Australia to triumph in the 2013 final against West Indies, and Lanning is one of seven players from this year’s World…

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Coach Edmond hopeful for another “Gold Rush”

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‒ Caesar tipped to claim sprint double Guyana’s sprinting sensation Compton Caesar has been tipped to take Gold in both the 100M and 200M races at the South American Youth Championships slated for June 3-4 at the Leonora Track and Field Facility. Asked by Guyana Times International Sport about Guyana’s chances of medalling at the Games, coach Julian Edmond expressed confidence in Guyana’s ability  to replicate its recent success and even excel its performance at the recent CARIFTA Games. “It is our (intention) to win as (many) gold medals as…

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‘An experience to cherish’, says Rupununi woman who gave birth to second child mid-air

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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recorded its first known mid-air delivery on Saturday when 18-year-old Susan Williams of Fairview, North Rupununi gave birth to a beautiful baby girl way above the ground, in what can be described as the most beautiful view over Iwokrama. Jemina West, medical student daughter of GDF Chief of Staff Brigadier Patrick West, was onboard the aircraft. A student of the Texila American University, she played the heroic part in spearheading the delivery. Both mother and baby are patients in the Post Natal Care Ward of…

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Housing expo deemed a success

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…several Guyanese express interest in options provided The housing expo at Perseverance, East Bank Demerara, was dubbed the true housing solution for low-income Guyanese. Scores of persons on Sunday flocked the exhibition site as the Communities Ministry in collaboration with the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) partnered with housing developers to present an array of homes to citizens. The housing expo, which is aimed at providing low, moderate and middle income earners, along with State employees and youths, the perfect opportunity to access affordable homes, was launched on Friday…

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Cops destroy ganja farm at Linden

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A 21-year-old South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, man was on Friday arrested after Police swooped down on a marijuana field at Wisroc, Linden. Police stated that between 16:30h and 18:00h, ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch conducted a drug eradication exercise in Wisroc, during which several acres of cultivated cannabis were discovered. A total of 5300 of the illegal plants ranging from six inches to five feet were found and destroyed by ranks. Two makeshift camps were also found and burnt. The Georgetown resident who was on the farm at the time…

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Opposition Leader urges sugar workers to be vigilant

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In light of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) touting the possible closure of the Uitvlugt Estate over the fact that workers from Wales are refusing to work at the West Coast Demerara facility, sugar workers are being asked to remain vigilant. This call was made by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo at a press conference earlier last week. Government had merged the operations of the two West Demerara estates after closing the Wales Estate last year. It had noted that the Uitvlugt Estate is being upgraded to increase its production from…

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Importation of heavy-duty vehicles: Revenue body going after tax cheats

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By Vahnu Manikchand The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has clamped down on a billion-dollar scam whereby heavy-duty vehicles were being imported and not registered. According to Commissioner General Godfrey Statia, the main focus now is recovering the taxes that were not paid. It was reported that the State has been losing billions annually over excavators and other heavy-duty machinery and equipment that were not registered. Statia said the “players” involved would be called in and told what would be required of them going forward as well as to get those…

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