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The Neal and Massy National First Division 40-over cricket competition will continue this weekend with 10 second and third round matches for teams in Berbice.

Dear Editor, I write specifically in relation to the School Board of the Anna Regina Secondary (Multilateral) School, Order No.

Royston Crandon will receive the Cricketer of the Year award when Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) hosts its annual award ceremony on Sunday at the J.

Dear Editor, The last state visit by a Guyanese head of state to the Middle East was in November 1996 when the late President Cheddi Jagan visited Syria, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Dear Editor, When Eusi Kwayana referred to Pandit’s Gossai’s “supposed” appointment in the Office of the President, what derogatory message did he wish to convey?

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to the many contributors on the question of the leadership of the PNCR.

Regional Executive Officer of Region Ten Henry Rodney has invited tenders for work to be done on a number of teachers’ buildings in the Berbice River.

Even as an investigative committee is looking into several issues affecting the Wisburg Secondary School, there has been another violent incident there.

Gunmen last Friday afternoon robbed a Belgian diamond dealer outside the New Courtyard bar on Main Street of a bag of diamonds and some $350,000 in cash.

A Fisheries Advisory Committee (FAC) was officially launched on Friday, and this is said to signal government’s commitment to the effective management and sustainable development of the country’s fisheries resources.

Representatives of the Canadian Exploration company ExxonMobil met President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday to finalise offshore drilling arrangements in anticipation of a favourable outcome of the ongoing territorial dispute between Guyana and Suriname.

Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington says that Caricom shares with the Rio Group deep concerns over rising crime in the region and the need for security cooperation.

The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) recently sold 25 Boer goats to farmers countrywide to improve the local breeding stock under a public/private sector initiative.

A strike by workers has caused a total shutdown at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) sugar estate and this action has since spread to the estate at Enmore where workers downed tools two days ago over what they call the “wrongful dismissal” of a colleague.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Edward Collins yesterday told the opening of the Army Officers Conference that all of the hard work of the joint services would come to naught if they did not recover the stolen AK-47 rifles which were spirited out from Camp Ayanganna last year.

By Johann Earle The United States Southern Command yesterday handed over a newly completed disaster response warehouse to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to serve Guyana and countries in the region suffering from natural and other disasters.

The 38-year-old driver accused of causing the death of a 47-year-old cattle farmer by driving in a dangerous manner on the West Coast Demerara was released on bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Remedial work to a section of the Vreed-en-Hoop Com-munity High School (CHS) has restarted after being stalled for some time and the teachers are calling for the work to be completed quickly so that classes can return to normal.Meanwhile,

The Heads of State and Government of the Rio Group recently reaffirmed their support for what they referred to as the “legitimate rights” of the Argentine Republic in the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands question.

The only son of Vibert Parvatan, Director of Laparkan Trading died in Canada five days after he had left Guyana where he had attended his uncle’s funeral.