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Dear Editor, Your indignant editorial on the maltreatment of Aubrey WIlliams’s murals at our airport (SN 11/02/07) will undoubtedly make the rounds of Guyanese emails world-wide (two have already come my way) and generate justified outrage in the process.

Dear Editor, Can Governments in democratic societies use the `power of the purse’ to attack an independent newspaper, if they disagree with its editorial policy – and possibly threaten the paper’s survival?

While she was unable to participate in the tournament last year, top female table tennis racket wielder Michelle John is looking forward to participating in the Mashramani table tennis tournament that served off on Monday.

The world (Great Britain) grandmaster’s degree of 10th Dan Black Belt was given to Dr.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Claude Blackmore stated yesterday that the newly-formed athletic club, Running Braves was not debarred from competing locally but it was, however, ineligible to compete in inter-club meets.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) yesterday named a squad of 14 players and six standbys for the upcoming inter-association competition scheduled for February 27-28 and March 2nd.

The National Assembly last evening passed the Appropriation Bill 2007 approving the National Budget after a number of days of debate on the Minister of Finance’s speech and the estimates in the Committee of Supply.

Former Principal Magistrate Oscar Parvatan died yesterday at his brother’s Kingston, Georgetown residence after a prolonged illness.

A prisoner who has been on remand for five months for allegedly committing fourteen offences yesterday escaped from the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lockups after forcing his way out by attacking a police officer.

Venezuela is willing to provide this country with more than 50% of its oil needs under the Energy Cooperation Agreement Petrocaribe but Guyana is not willing to put all of its eggs in one basket.

Vendors outside the Stabroek Market who have been given marching orders yesterday took their case to court and the controversy also graced the chambers of Parliament and City Hall where there was confusion over how the decision was made.

The six Republic Bank employees, allegedly implicated in an $8 million ABM theft, were yesterday released on $20,000 bail each.

Rice farmers operating within that Paradise/Evergreen Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) owe over $50 million in arrears for rates and taxes.

Help & Shelter will soon commence a 12-month project to increase awareness of domestic violence and child abuse at “identified” health centres, following the approval of funding from the Canadian High Commission’s Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, a release said.

Over 40 percent of Valued Added Tax and Excise Tax returns for January have been collected by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), and today is the due date by which all registrants must make their returns and payments.

Under this year’s budgetary allocation for Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) about $103M will be spent to sustain and execute several ongoing projects in the region’s various sectors.

The Guyana Defence Force has been called upon to remove the shells of three Soviet-manufactured helicopters from their Air Corps Base at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

Classes have resumed at St. Gabriel’s Primary following what has been described as productive talks between staff members and officials of the Ministry of Education.

Dear Editor, I wish to write in response to a Kaieteur News Article dated February 12, 2007 “Consultant resigns from Finance Unit

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in partnership with the Judicial Education Institute of the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is hosting a conference for the Caricom legal community to discuss issues that will fall under the Bench and Bar’s purview with the implementation of the CSME.