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Scotiabank Guyana yesterday donated $415,000 to Help and Shelter to support their work on behalf of women.

Just about 60% of the tickets for the six Super Eight matches at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara have been sold.

The Guyana Consumers Association says it will be working with the government to eliminate the practice of the marketing of low quality and dangerous drugs here.

A man who allegedly attempted to set his reputed wife on fire after she wanted to end their relationship was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

After spending just over a month in prison a customs broker and his reputed wife, who are on trial for allegedly giving cocaine to a Bahamian woman who was caught at the airport, were granted $300,000 bail each.

Q: I am preparing for my immigrant visa interview. Are there different requirements if I lived overseas at some point in my life?

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Introduction In 1999, a decade after the introduction of the Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) created a more facilitating environment for the operation of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), I wrote a series of articles highlighting the work of national and international NGOs.

Dear Editor, I’m surprised that the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) continues to propagate to the Guyanese mobile telephone subscribers about the best network and strongest signal.

Twenty-Eight schools have been left to battle for the Chico Sweets/Smalta Cup in the National Secondary School Futsal Tournament being held at the gymnasium.

Joint services ranks yesterday afternoon found a butt-less AK-47 rifle and arrested five persons, including Brazilians, during a cordon and search exercise at a house on Church Street.

Linden is already up in Georgetown’s face and the two teams have not even taken the court yet!

Dear Editor, I am grateful to the Stabroek News for printing the website address where I was able to read the full Human Rights Practices report on Guyana by the US Department of State.

Coach of new athletic club, Running Brave, Sham Johnny is convinced that one of his athletes, Rawle Greene, can run faster after the sprinter recorded a new, personal best hand-time on grass in the 100m on Sunday at the national senior track and field championships.

Dear Editor, There is a distinct effort to remove any influence of the Judeo-Christian ethic (synonymous with freedom of speech, religion and expression, and the rule of law) from the realm of socio-political affairs in Guyana.

Their long history of inconsistency, amply exemplified by their two most recent matches, moderates the immediate temptation to proclaim Tuesday’s emphatic victory over Pakistan in the opening match of the World Cup as the preface to the championship itself.

Dear Editor, Most of us who enjoyed genuine freedom of the press (FOTP) will take umbrage at the Presidential Permanent Secretary (PPS), Mr.

It is unclear just what President George W Bush achieved on his six-day tour of Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico.

Dear Editor, The Angad Rupee Rice Mill is in the centre of the MMA/ADA project west coast, Berbice.

Dear Editor, I refer to Walter Jordan’s letter captioned “Pollsters should not express political opinions (07.03.10).