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Today’s column considers the relation of interior/forestryroads to development within the context of the third cause singled out by the PRSP as contributory to endemic poverty: the absence of noncomplementing growth-oriented infrastructure (PRSP 2001, p.

Dear Editor, Regional Chairman of Region Six Zulfikar Mustapha, at a recent visit to the #43 Fish Complex on the Corentyne disclosed that Region Six would soon become the “economic powerhouse of Guyana”.

Dear Editor, It is a great honour for Guyana to host the Rio summit.

Dear Editor, Great leaders are born, they are not made, and we are seeing the evidence of this in our country today.

Following up on the success achieved in 2006, Michelle Cole and Trevor Rose of Facts n’ Roses (FnR) created the right balance to capture the prestigious prize of best full large costumed band in this year’s Mashramani.

Hi Everyone, Living in a multi-cultural society is exciting. Those of us living side by side with people from different races and religions gain insights that some people go a lifetime without glimpsing.

Oscar-nominee, Will Smith’s film The Pursuit of Happyness will be screened at the Sidewalk Caf

Marine turtles are long-lived reptiles. This means that they are believed to live for 100 years and more!

On February 23, Cellink’s Blue Power mash band had the largest number of revellers on the road, an unrivalled dynamism and endless support as it moved through the streets of Georgetown on the way to the National Park but all that, aside the costumes were the real attraction.

The head of the Argentine mission here for the Rio Group Meeting says that support should be given to Haiti in its struggle for democracy, and he called for the region’s backing for a resolution to Argentina’s age-old dispute with the United Kingdom over Islas Malvinas – the Falkland Islands.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday challenged the Rio Group to broaden its outlook and take on the mantle of regional development and improving the quality of life for its citizens.

A ban on lorries and other vehicles along the East Bank Highway yesterday during the hours of 7 am to 9 pm left many flour trucks in limbo.

Spanking new BMW’s were the mode of transportation yesterday for visiting delegations for the Rio Summit.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on his first visit to the Guyana School of Agriculture told students of the role their institution must play in the nation’s development programme.

Member countries of the Organisation of American States (OAS) face issues such as a lack of transparency in governance, bureaucracy and corruption and Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza thinks that “the quality of governance is certainly progressing” in the OAS.

Accredited foreign journalists last night flocked the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at Turkeyen on the eve of the Summit of the Rio Group Meeting and minor hiccups with the toilets have been rectified.

Guyana Elections Commis-sion (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally is refuting claims that he “turned down” requests for a meeting with JFAP leader CN Sharma.

AFC MP David Patterson has been named as part of the parliamentary delegation scheduled to travel to the US this month to study the Nebraska Legislature.

Five bandits who pretended to be taxpayers on Thursday robbed the Better Hope/La Bonne Intention Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) of more than $2M which represented deposits and wages.

The US Government says that Guyana’s anti-money laundering regime is ineffective and the regulations accompanying the Money Laundering Prevention Act are inadequate.