February 2018 – Guyana Times International

GDA to host Caribbean Championships trials

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Dart Association will be hosting a two-day trial to select players to represent the country at the Caribbean Championships scheduled for July in Trinidad and Tobago. The trials will be held on February 26 and 29 at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Land. According to GDA President, Sheik Yaseen the trials are only for affiliate members and will start promptly at 19:00h and players must make attendance on both days. Yassen expects the trials to be filled with heated competition which is coming hot on the heels of…

5 swimmers make CARIFTA qualifying times

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Leon Seaton Jr, Lian Winter, Raekwon Noel, Aleka Persaud and Patrice Mahaica have managed to qualify for the CARIFTA Games Swimming which will be held in Kingston, Jamaica from March 30 to April 3. Their qualification came after a productive meeting in the pool over the weekend when the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association held its Mashramani Long Course Meet at the National Aquatic Centre. The ever improving Seaton, competing in the 13-14 age group clocked 25.35s in the 50m Freestyle to comfortably beat the qualifying time of 26.02s. His feat…

FIFA’s Regional Director due for 4-day visit

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will host the recently appointed FIFA Regional Director, Marlon Glean, from February 23 to 26, 2018. During his four-day visit to Guyana, Glean will meet with the President and Executive Committee, visit the GFF’s National Training Centre and participate in the youth development programmes – visit to two GFF-Scotiabank Academy Training Centres (ATCs) and one GFF-Pele Alumni Frank Watson U15 Intra Association Tournament. He will also visit a GFF Elite League Match. Among the highlights of the visit will be the launch of a partnership…

New crop of female boxers coming soon – Ninvalle

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) President Steve Ninvalle is of the view that female boxers are steadily improving to deal with the new demands of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, IOC had requested that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) increase the number of female divisions and decrease the male. Though the request was met with strong opposition on the basis of decreasing the male divisions, there is the inevitability an increased surplus in female boxers will be needed. Also an AIBA Executive Member, Ninvalle…

Planning to study abroad?

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

By Ashley Anthony Having just applied to university, there is one thing that I think I have learned from the entire process: Guyana needs more people giving educated guidance to young people attempting to kick-start their tertiary education. Application to university is a nebulous, complex process, especially so if one is applying to schools abroad. Whilst it is wonderful that we have the option of studying at the University of Guyana, students should be aware that it is not their ONLY option. There are many brilliant Guyanese students who have…

The use of antibiotics

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

“If we use antibiotics when not needed, we may not have them when they are most needed.” –Dr. Tom Frieden, Director, US CDC I’ve been rotating through Internal Medicine for the past two months. And one of the more common reasons we had to admit people was because of infections — whether it was a lung infection, a urinary tract infection, or an infection of their blood. And once the infection was bacterial, they needed antibiotics. Usually, we would start them off on a broad spectrum antibiotic and send a…

Between a rock and a hard place…

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…with coalition politics You may think, dear reader, your Eyewitness is a tad too taken up (obsessed?) with the trials and tribulations of the AFC and APNU marriage pact. But as he took pains to point out before, it’s not just a matter about the wankers in the two parties – it’s about coalition politics in Guyana, writ large. And coalition politics is, frankly, the only way forward for us in our God-forsaken country. And what the APNU/AFC coalition has shown us in the last three years is the PNC…

Valentine greetings

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

Satiricus dreaded going over to the Back Street Bar. It wasn’t that he’d found religion or anything and became scared of “demon rum”; he just knew he’d be getting some good “tantalizing” from the fellas. “And why not?” he mused ruefully. Hadn’t he been promising them all month that something big was going to happen this Valentine’s Day from the KFC? “OK…OK…fellas,” said Satiricus, who’d decided a good offence was better than a weak defence. “The Valentine Day announcement from my KFC leaders didn’t come out the way I was…

Guyana forges ahead with establishment of Single Window

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

…to reduce cross-border processing time In light of the emerging oil and gas sector, Guyana is expecting an influx of investors and as such, Government is looking to make the regulation process easier and less time-consuming for import and export activities by implementing the Electronic Single Window (ESW). The Single Window is a global platform that facilitates standardised information from State agencies on trade and transport so as to expedite the regulatory process. In efforts to get Guyana onto the facility, the Business Ministry in collaboration with the Inter-American Development…

Guyana setting up Command Centre to tackle rising crime

February 26, 2018 TIMES INT'L

When it was implemented in Mexico, the ‘Smart City, Safe City’ programme was lauded for its success rates. Plans are currently being developed for Guyana to get its own version of this programme; including the construction of a unified command centre. According to Citizenship Strengthening and Security Programme (CSSP) Project Coordinator Clement Henry, all that was being awaited was approval to begin construction of this command centre… for which a design has already been sourced. In a sit down with the media, Henry explained how it would work. “All information…