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The recent, semi-comical contretemps involving elements of the Guyana Revenue Authority and the Guyana Police Force was a departure from the long-standing and usually discreet contraband trade along this country’s unguarded coastland.

A man who allegedly forced his way into a woman’s home and robbed, raped and sodomised her was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle at the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.

Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded a taxi driver to prison when he yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charges of carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old girl.

Dear Editor, Cricket World Cup is upon us so I take this opportunity to forewarn about the impending transportation difficulty that will inevitably be experienced by West Demerara commuters.

Gokarn Ramdhani and Nicholas Waldron took the winners’ trophy when the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) held its over-35 doubles tournament last Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

ndrew ‘Six Heads’ Lewis and Denny ‘Deadly’ Dalton have met two times before with inconclusive results on both occasions; its only fair that the two top boxers be given the opportunity to settle the score between them once and for all.

Fresh from their tour of Suriname, the country’s top local golfers will tee-off once again on Saturday when the Lusignan Golf Club stages the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) sponsored tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course beginning at 12.30pm with a Shotgun start.

The Georgetown Cricket Club inflicted a nine-wicket trouncing of home team Lusignan on Saturday as the Neal Massy 40-over first division cricket began.

Rose Hall Town Courts demoralised Skeldon to join Albion in the semi-finals of the Berbice zone of the 2007 Neal and Massay first-division limited overs cricket competition recently.

President of Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Affeeze Khan is appealing to the public for assistance to send boxers to the Pan American trials on April 21st- 29th in Trinidad.

Albion Community Centre cricket team made light work of West Berbice on their home ground to earn a place in the final of the 2006 Isaac Bissoon first-division three-day competition in Berbice last-weekend.

Emergency repairs were affected to the Three Friends Sea Sluice door on the Essequibo Coast yesterday morning after it was damaged by a fishing boat and the current spring tide in the area.

Dear Editor, Reading enables one to gain personal self development among other things and to the young generation who have to accept the baton sooner or later, grab this opportunity and support the book sale that is now on by the Georgetown Reading and Research Centre (GRRC) and The Guyana Book Found-ation at their respective venues.

The traffic lights at the Vreed-en-Hoop Junction, West Coast Demerara were finally activated yesterday after being installed earlier this year.

Dear Editor, Because I am a health care worker, I have developed a propensity for extracting any article in the newspaper that pertains to HIV/AIDS.

Secretary-General of Caricom Edwin Carrington is urging all member states to implement activities to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Proclamation of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud has assured Pomeroon River fishermen that government is working to address the piracy problems in the industry and encouraged them to form themselves into groups, like the community police do, to tackle the problem.

Barama Company Limited has lashed out at the Akawini Village Council for its criticism of an agreement it has with one of Barama’s sub-contractors in Region Two, Interior Wood Products Inc (IWPI), but is willing to discuss options with the village.

The Worldwide Moravian Church this month celebrated 550 years of ministry around the world and to commemorate the event the Moravian Church in Guyana held a special service of Thanksgiving on March 11.

The owner of a Chinese restaurant was shot last night in what appeared to be a failed robbery bid and he was reported to be in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).