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Tomorrow marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina.

There are several poems dealing with the abolition of slavery. These were composed and published on both sides of the Atlantic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by writers on all sides of the class and colour divides.

Heartworm control Well, we have surely exhausted this topic – and perhaps even supersaturated you with facts about canine heartworm.

My granny is 75 and needs cataract surgery, but she’s scared to get it done.

What is the lens? The lens is a small transparent structure in the eye, which helps in focusing light rays.

Frank Worrell stepped with supreme assurance onto the world stage. Worrell became captain of the West Indies at a time when worldwide cricket was losing its way.

Unfortunately I received notification of the date of the flower show only a short time ago.

It is not often that one has the opportunity to be a witness to history.

Introduction ‘It felt like an airport today at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.’

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The march continues inexorably towards a National Championship Chess Tournament at the end of the year.

The nomination of former PNCR MP Vincent Alexander to the vacant seat on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is unlikely to affect the work of the Joint Task Force for Local Government Reform.

Suriname has begun to clamp down on illegal practices in its lucrative casino industry, in a bid to curb social ills and boost revenue collection.

As the water woes continue in the city, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is pointing a finger at the Guyana Water Inc (GWI), saying it was the latter which made a request in January for maintenance work to be carried out on the Lamaha Canal.

The future of the main opposition PNCR was at the top of the agenda when its members held a General Council meeting yesterday.

A detective stationed at the New Amsterdam Central Police Station was killed around 9.15 pm on Friday after he was tossed from a police vehicle during an accident.

Two armed men staged a daring early morning robbery in New Amsterdam yesterday, shooting and injuring the postmaster of the Nigg (Corentyne) Post Office and escaping with some $8.2 million and the postmaster’s car.

Today’s column marks the end of this ten-part series on Guyana’s forest sector.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Energy Agency Joseph O’Lall said fuel smuggling is down to 10%, although the illegal trade is taking place across the country especially in the mining areas.

The Lenten Cantata ‘The Passion’ by J Varley Roberts will be performed in the Trinity Methodist Church and St Andrew’s Kirk this week.