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Dear Editor, The question of an Indian security dilemma has been raised by Guyanese Indian rights activists on many occasions.

Dear Editor, Mr. Trevor Atkinson’s defence of Barama, a logging company in Guyana for many years in his letter captioned “Omai also made no profit” (07.03.17) attempts to justify Barama’s zero profits.

School will be closed from today, three days before it was scheduled to be closed for the Easter holidays, a Government Information Agency (GINA) release said yesterday.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says Central Georgetown customers will receive water at reduced pressure as the company is relying on its wells located in Vlissengen Road and Church Street for supply.

Less than a week after the Ministry of Agriculture launched an initiative to give impetus to the beekeeping industry as part of its agricultural diversification programme, bees invaded a primary school on the Essequibo Coast.

The School of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana is hosting a lecture on the history of West Indies cricket from today at the National Library.

Angry relatives of Guyanese Natasha Ramen, the Grove woman who was killed by an accused rapist, also a Guyanese, are blaming prosecutors for her gruesome murder.

The Irish cricket team invaded Bourda just after 10 am yesterday for their first training/practice session on local soil before clashing with England on Friday at Providence and though there were light showers they made the most of it.

Twenty-nine-year-old June Ann James who was hit in the head by a speeding route 41 minibus on Aubrey Barker Road on two Mondays ago, died on Sunday while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Hospital.

Many turned up at the National Cultural Centre yesterday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and left touched having ‘walked’ the path of history.

Do you think that the ICC CWC should have cancelled the World Cup because Bob Woolmer was murdered?

According to a press release, the tournament attracted over 90 entrants from the Guianas (French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana).

After trying more combinations than a persistent bank robber, the West Indies finally cracked the code and found a pair of effective new ball bowlers in time for the World Cup.

Having lost confidence in the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the World Cup and appointing its own management for the stadium, it is quite likely that the International Cricket Council-Cricket World Cup Inc (ICC-CWC) will have ongoing concerns about preparedness within and without the stadium for the games and so should all Guyanese.

Dear Editor, The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) is lending Guyana US$52 million for Competitiveness and Justice Sector Modernisation programmes.

Dear Editor, For some time I have observed letters in the press criticizing the leadership of the PNC and in some cases the leader himself.

Dear Editor, In this week of the Abolition of the Slave Trade let us remember some of our great leaders who have given so much for us.

Dear Editor, First I must say, hats off to the Guyana government in attempting to host one of the largest sporting events in the world, also in trying to spruce up Guyana for this event.

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in Stabroek News on March 20, 07, Mrs Matthias, an Assistant Commissioner at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) implied that computers use toner cartridges and ink cartridges and therefore the VAT legislation specifically categorizes these computer items as zero-rated.

Dear Editor, I travelled with Malali from Adventure to Parika on February 23.