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Dear Editor, I am aware that Mr. Vishnu Bisram already briefly addressed in a letter the President meeting Mr.

Dear Editor, I’m not so much responding to this Sunday’s Kaieteur News Ravi Dev column (Mash and Republic Day) as I am instead offering comment on aspects for issues relevant to Republic Day and the Mashramani Festival which he raised therein.

Dear Editor, I write with specific reference to the article headlined “Rusal to mull hydropower” (07.02.08) where it was stated in part by Mr.

Citing a clause relating to performance, the board of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has decided to terminate the five-year UK-funded contract with Severn Trent for the management of the water sector which was to come to an end in December this year.

A Guyanese-styled cabaret of song, dance and theatre will be held next Saturday at Sky 7, Sea Breeze Hotel at Pere Street, Kitty.

If you crave the taste of Ackee and salt fish then you no longer have to travel to Jamaica or elsewhere for that country’s popular dish.

A major exhibition of his work has been on in London for two months at the October Gallery, yet in his homeland, Guyana, the work of world renowned artist Aubrey Williams has been vandalized.

“I am no gangsta rapper,” singer Gialiani exclaims with a slightly baffled looked on his face.

Authorities are continuing a probe into the electrocution of two Kwakwani, Berbice women on Wednesday afternoon while in conversation as they held on to opposite sides of a fence.

The Herstelling fisherman who allegedly stabbed his reputed wife to death on Tuesday after she refused to return to the home they shared, appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with murder.

The withdrawal of government advertising from the Stabroek News is “an issue of manipulation which goes to the root of freedom of the press,” the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) said yesterday, adding that the government explanations thus far appear “spurious”.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) says that contrary to a report from the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) the noise nuisance matter regarding the KFC Vlissengen Road generators is not yet closed.

PNCR-IG Member of Parliament Winston Murray says that the National Budget continues to be pumped up by external funding and the country should free itself from the shackles of lenders.

While the traditional red will be dominant on Valentine’s Day, one lucky person will be driving away in a bright red car, courtesy of Popeye’s Fast food Restaurant which will hand over the car keys on that day.

Government says the Children and Family Bill will be tabled in the National Assembly this year to boost its efforts to protect vulnerable groups from abuse.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said the road at the junction of Mandela Avenue and Go-Slow Avenue will be closed to facilitate the installation of sewer pipes.

As the Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speaking Competition sponsored by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI), Regent Street branch, continued on Thursday Marian Academy and Covent Garden Secondary prevailed over their respective opponents.

A six-member gang of armed bandits early yesterday morning robbed a Canje, Berbice family of some $1.4M along with cash and jewellery.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC), with assistance from a number of private sector organisations will host the first ever Georgetown International Village during the Cricket World Cup Season.

Police are looking for two men who reportedly attempted to douse a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital with acid on Thursday afternoon.