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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.

Guyana received almost $204 million in aid after the Great Flood of 2005.

The prison administration has established monitoring teams to audit the security and management of prison locations as part of wide-ranging measures aimed at preventing jailbreaks.

Prisoners who have been rehabilitated and are about to re-enter society should not be labelled ex-cons or criminals, and they are also under no obligation to disclose their past to potential employers.

Transport and Hydraulics Minister Robeson Benn says regular aerial inspections are among the measures carried out to monitor the activities at mining camps.

Eligible Bed and Breakfast (B&B) providers are well advised to market themselves instead of waiting on the Bed and Breakfast Secretariat to provide them with guests for the upcoming Super Eight matches to be held here from March 28.

The Cricket World Cup (CWC) Security Directorate and the ICC yesterday said that spectators would now be allowed to take bottled water into the match venues.

The UK High Commission said from Monday it will only be accepting online visa applications.

The results of the primary grade assessments are going to be centrally computerised, to ensure transparency and objectivity in the allocation of places at secondary schools.

The government is moving to strengthen the laws to protect crops and property from cattle roaming in the Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary (MMA) area.

The Ministry of Agriculture has issued an order against the release of 950 metric tonnes of soya feed contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium, which is on board the vessel Myra, moored midstream of the Demerara River.

Two weeks before world cup matches are to be staged here, the entire Demerara system suffered a power shutdown on Tuesday night which lasted for hours.

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has refused a plea deal to serve a reduced prison sentence on federal tax and wiretap conspiracy charges in the US.