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The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) continued their Toucan Industries junior squash tournament on Friday evening with interesting matches being played.

Four teams recorded victories when play in the Chico Sweets/Smalta Cup National Inter-Secondary Schools Futsal Tournament continued on Friday at the National Gymnasium.

They are already the number one team in Georgetown but that’s simply not enough; tonight, Courts Pacesetters will look to become the number one team in Guyana when they face current champions, Kings.

Undoubtedly, the Oasis Cafe has laid the foundation for revitalizing chess in Guyana by providing a venue for two tournaments in January and February.

In this new world it is smart to be a Smart Alec.

You probably remember the routine from your last physical exam: A nurse wraps a cuff around your upper arm, pumps the cuff full of air, and then lets the air out slowly while listening through a stethoscope.

Dear Editor, Upon reading your news article, “AFC MP in team for Nebraska as dispute settled,” (March 3), I must say I am relieved and happy that the AFC has waged a successful public fight to be represented on the parliamentary delegation to Nebraska this month.

Dear Editor, We refer to an article appearing in the Stabroek News dated Wednesday, February 28, 2007.

Dear Editor, I am very heartened by Dr Chatterpaul Ramcharran’s announcement that the GNBS would be encouraging small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) compliance with the standard for good management practice – which I consider particularly important at this juncture.

I don’t ever remember reading about any of the great names in the history that I was taught as a boy suffering agonizing toothache.

Last week we documented that the heartworms live mostly in the right side heart chambers.

In the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins, Winifred Banks, the mother of the children whom the nanny Mary Poppins is engaged to care for, is a valiant and fervent feminist.

My eyes water when I’m in the sun and sometimes burn.

Wilson Harris, The Ghost of Memory (London : Faber and Faber, 2006.

A US Grand Jury in New York has slapped Guyanese drug accused Raphael Christopher Douglas with six charges relating to trafficking in narcotics in that country.

Venezuela Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro yesterday suggested bilateral discussions on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.

A move to make possible the operation of a casino was one of the terms agreed to by the government for the establishment of the Buddy’s International Hotel and Resort.

Introduction Last Sunday (February 25) Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (BTI) published the summary of its financial statements as required by the Financial Institutions Act; the annual report was also recently mailed out to shareholders.

Today’s column continues the discussion of the relation of interior/forestry roads to development within the context of the third cause singled out by the PRSP as contributory to endemic poverty: the absence of non-complementing growth-oriented infrastructure (PRSP 2001, p.

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