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Bosai Minerals of Chongqing in China is buying Omai Bauxite Mining Inc.

Carl Rambarose turned in an outstanding all-round performance as Tutorial High School trounced Christ Church Secondary in one of four quarter-final matches of the Ministry of Education/Guyana Cricket Board/National Sport Commission competition played yesterday.

Dear Editor, As a musician for a number of years I want to share my views on the recently held Chutney semi-finals on February 3, 2007, at Canje.

A congratulatory and celebratory spirit pervaded the Annual Guyana Police Force Officers’ Conference last week.

Dear Editor, Is the class question relevant in Guyana or has the struggle for racial recognition become the paradigmatic form of political struggle?

Dear Editor, It grieves my heart to see my fellow Guyanese brothers and sisters suffer yet another blow as they continue their long wait for a prosperous and democratic state.

Dear Editor, In his letter captioned ‘Mr Green quoted half of what I said’ (SN, 9.2.07) Minister of Home Affairs Mr Clement Rohee was correct to say that I was not in Parliament to hear his remarks.

Dear Editor, It is with amazement that I read a letter written by Mr Leon Suseran (KN, 12.2.07) who believes that Value Added Tax – VAT is charged on the expression of faith.

Dear Editor, The Mash Calypso semi-final was held in Linden on February 10, 2007 at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground.

Dear Editor, I had cause to travel to New Amsterdam and beyond twice last week.

Dear Editor, The recent piece about the Guyana Civil Service of the 1950s certainly brought back memories.

Dear Editor, When I read your Monday, February 12 editorial, ‘Private ads versus state ads,’ I thought it was helpful in getting fence sitters in the ongoing ads brouhaha to get a clearer picture of the Jagdeo administration’s stunning lapse in judgment and come to the defence of Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, It is doubtful that any reasonable thinking person would call into question the value of community policing in the universal contest against rising crime levels.

The People’s National Con-gress Reform-One Guyana (PNCR-1G) yesterday joined calls for a complete overhaul of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and said that the organisation was now being looked at as a burden to workers.

Several shortcomings and in one instance inaccurate information were discovered in the early stages of the implementation of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Guyana, according to an audit done in 2005.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha encourages devotees to attend celebrations for this year’s Maha Shivaratri.

Gunmen on Monday robbed the proprietor of a jewellery shop and his customer of more than $400,000 in cash and jewels.

On Monday teachers at the Mackenzie High School implemented a board of governors decision to suspend classes for Forms One to Three as the steps to the building which hosts those classes are unsafe.

A suspected armed robber is under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he sustained injuries in an exchange of gunfire with his intended victim.

Police are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of a Zeelandia Estate, Wakenaam, Essequibo River pensioner.