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The lunar eclipse was obscured by clouds

Dear Editor, The lunar eclipse of March 3 took place as scheduled, but it was mostly invisible from Georgetown because of the clouds on the horizon and of the haze higher up, which only allowed the moon to be seen as it emerged from shadow.

The government can do much more in the fight against illicit drugs

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s pathetic public protestations against the recent US narcotics report on Guyana may have won a few nods of approval and a scattering of sympathizers, but at the end of the day, he is the President of a country that is a major transshipment point for illicit drugs, with its spin off effects on money laundering and gun running.

`Lux’ cut out of fake soap

Several labourers yesterday removed the brand name Lux from over 1,200 gross of soap bars which had been imported from China and falsely bore the trademark belonging to British company Unilever PLC.

Morgan likely one of 14 on US list – AG

Attorney-General Doodnauth Singh says businessman Peter Morgan, who was arrested in Trinidad last Friday, would likely be one of the 14 Guyanese the US Govern-ment had indicated it wanted to extradite two years ago to face drug trafficking charges.

$150M toxic chemicals lab to be unveiled soon

With support from the PNCR-IG and GAP/ROAR the National Assembly yesterday passed the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Amendment) Bill, amending the 2000 legislation, to provide for the control of pesticides and toxic chemicals for export among other things.

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