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The bipartisan task force for local government reform has hit another roadblock.

The governance report recently accepted by Caricom heads at their St Vincent meeting sees shared sovereignty in “agreed areas,” the funding of institutions on the basis of GNP and a single act in all member countries which would allow a long-envisaged Caricom Commission to expedite decision-making.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has terminated the contract of a Peruvian who was hired in July last year as technical adviser to former Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira.

It is the ultimate showdown in local football. Two evenly-matched teams will go at each other for 90 minutes tomorrow to decide who will win the 2007 Mayor’s Cup football tournament which carries as first prize a whopping $500,000.

The world today is one that abounds with extremes. Not that it has not always been this way, it has; but it keeps getting worse.

The New Amsterdam Champions after winning 89 games copped the winner’s trophy for the Annual Mashramani Domino Competition hosted by the National Sports Commission (NSC) at the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Hall.

Calypso in Guyana has only ever had one real rebel, though a few in the art form have been radical with their social commentary in the past.

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will be a hive of activity today when the National Sports Commission (NSC)/Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mashramani tournament continues with play in the Under-21 Open, the `C’ and `B’ Class Open events and the Open men and women’s singles.

The Scene now has a new email address: thescene@stabroeknews.com. This is the only email address that can be used to contact The Scene at present.

The Rainbow Football Club of Mahdia (RFC) defeated Georgetown Football Club’s (GFC) Under-20 team 1-0 in a friendly game played at the Mahdia play field on Saturday.

Dear Editor, We have seen that despite all the extremely generous benefits, tax/duty exemptions, concessions, political connections, winning of awards, etc.,

Football stars of yesteryear will attempt to roll back the years when the Thomas United Masters Association stages a four-team invitational tournament at the Georgetown Football Club ground from 5pm today.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Robin Williams’s letter captioned “The most positive thing we could do is to become conscious of our predicament” (07.01.12).

Dear Editor, I find your editorial, “The other Iran,” (February 22), rather enlightening and stimulating, but especially the strong insinuation that the Bush administration, despite repeated denials, plans to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran.

Dear Editor, It is very sad to continue to hear all the negatives about the services the NIS provides to the poor people.

Dear Editor, A few days ago a letter penned by one Jason Hinds questioned Mr Lye’s decision to return his CCH to the Office of the President.

Dear Editor, Traffic deaths seem to outnumber the total of all lives lost from the years of conflict from 1963 up to the present times plus all the people killed by the bandits plus all the people killed by the police.

Dear Editor, I read your report on the opening of Buddy’s Hotel in the February 22, 2007 issue and again was appalled at the arrogance and “bitchiness” exhibited by the President in his remarks.

Dear Editor, Enclosed are pictures of some derelict vehicles that have been parked on the parapet on Victoria Avenue, La Flora Gardens, Eccles, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, Have you noticed that whenever there is a pile-up on the streets in Georgetown, there is a policeman ahead directing traffic?