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Participants in the Berbice Schools Chess Tournament that was held last week at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School. Forty-five students competed for honours.
Participants in the Berbice Schools Chess Tournament that was held last week at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School. Forty-five students competed for honours.

Kei-Shar’s tournament starts today

The annual Kei-Shar’s chess tournament begins today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club at Hadfield and Camp Streets.

Society’s sordid side

Frankly Speaking…By A.A. Fenty And Critchlow cried The sheer daily regularity of reportage, especially in the print media, of all that is nasty and socially undesirable, influenced today’s mini-lecture.

What the people say about…

Linden’s 40th anniversary Interviews By Cathy Richards Overseas-based Guyanese spoke with us about Linden at 40 and their expectations for the town week celebrations that coincide with the 40th anniversary.

For whom the bell tolls

Dave Ramsaran is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Susquehanna University By Dave Ramsaran For the second time in his political career, Patrick Manning, political leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM) of Trinidad and Tobago, has called an early election while serving as Prime Minister. 

The mighty Essequibo

The Essequibo River is probably my favorite place on earth. A couple places come close – the Canadian Rockies between Edmonton and Calgary; the North Rupununi; southern Utah – but I think the Essequibo beats them.

Guysuco needs drastic surgery to ensure survival – Part 5

Introduction In today’s column I will begin a review of GuySuCo’s Strategic Blueprint announced by President Jagdeo on January 8, 2009, following the installation of an interim board he appointed to steer the local sugar industry out of its field of inefficiencies, tonnes of red ink, and punt-loads of government subsidies.

A sweet female dog waiting for a good home at the GSPCA (She has been spayed.)

Digestive disorders

I had mentioned in the Pet Corner of April 4, that an accumulation of hair in the stomach, over a period of time, could create a massive hair ball.

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