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There exists an understandable anxiety among some Cricket World Cup Bed and Breakfast registrants over what they perceive to be uncertainties associated with guest bookings for the period of the Super Eight leg of the tournament in Guyana.

The global demand for processed timber products is at a peak and Guyana is well-positioned to capitalise on that market according to a paper produced in February by the Guyana Forestry Commission.

“Guyana is an island surrounded by land”. Recent public references to the development of Guyana remind one of this statement.

The newly-formed, Guyana Canoe Federation (GCF) headed by Maurice Amres has major plans for the sport locally, including the preparation of a team that will one day compete at the Olympic Games under the Golden Arrowhead.

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Samples of foods and water on which tests were conducted by the Food and Drug Department during 2006 were found to contain various levels of contamination while quality control deficiencies were detected in all categories of pharmaceuticals tested by the department.

The operations of local peanut butter manufacturers are to come under closer scrutiny by the Food and Drug Department following the detection of the foodborne illness in several varieties of Peter Pan peanut butter imported from the United States.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday urged hundreds of secondary school students to show discipline as they compete for supremacy in the 2007 inter-secondary schools FUTSAL (football) tournament.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend Kumar Persaud for his letter titled “I have a dream” (07.02.27).

Dear Editor, I have learnt with some degree of concern of the happenings at an Executive Meeting of the Guyana Cricket Board held on Wednesday 7th February, 2007 at the Board’s office in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, What a remarkable sight it is to see traffic lanes in Mandela Avenue properly demarcated allowing for a safer and regulated flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to express my view on a certain question in order to have some clarification and some degree of closure if possible.

Dear Editor, I have noticed newspapers advertisements from time to time published as follows: ” The Adoption Board, Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, Stabroek, Georgetown (Names of Parents) whose last known address was given as (address) is (sic) asked to contact the Adoption Board.

Dear Editor, There will be an eclipse of the Moon early tomorrow evening, March 3, 2007.

Dear Editor, Lately I have been noticing, to my chagrin, the post game antics of our Guyanese cricketers Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan.

Dear Editor, According to a (GINA) release President Bharrat Jagdeo, referring to the City Enhancement exercises, said inter alia, “we are trying to clean up the mess in this country that has been left unattended by the City Council for a very, very long time.”

Dear Editor, Recent submissions in the media have dictated that the Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 be more forceful in exposing the ineptitudes of this Regional Administration, since it would appear that these officers are adamant in managing the affairs of the people of this Region by excuse and deceit.

Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, Omar Khan, says that Guyanese players playing in the domestic cricket league in Trinidad, have enriched league and their presence has lifted the standard and quality of the league.

Colin France and Trenace Lowe copped two titles each when play in the doubles competitions of the National Sports Commission/Guyana Table tennis Association (GTTA) got underway at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Wednesday.