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Dear Editor, The pictures gracing the front page of of the Guyana Chronicle on February 24 and 25 are emblematic of what has been, lamentably, an inexorable slide towards decadence in a country that used to have the right to lay claim to being one of the the last bastions of morality in the Caribbean area.

Dear Editor, I thought that I had heard everything, but Vidyanand Persaud’s suggestion that traffic control contributes to pile-ups, and that traffic lights are likely to hurt more than help in his letter captioned “Traffic lights like pedestrian crossings may cause more accidents” (07.02.21) has really blown the top off the incredible.

Dear Editor, I read an article in which Help and Shelter castigated the TOK for an incident in which a sexually inappropriate remark was made to an under-age girl, by one of the members.

Dear Editor, Mr Robin Williams’s letter captioned “The African cultural influence has been profound in many areas” (SN 20-02-07) was quite a mouthful lambasting my premise on distinct culture in Guyana.

Dear Editor, What are we waiting for? We have the hotel; beautiful Buddy International Hotel.

Residents of the northern side of Good Faith Recess Dam, Mahaicony say the dam is in a terrible condition with huge potholes and needs to be fixed urgently.

In the wake of recent criticism by one of its Region Four councillors, the Alliance For Change (AFC) says that its leadership is only interim until it holds its first national conference.

Horace Mitchell who served as a judge both in Guyana and the Eastern Caribbean died last Tuesday in Antigua after a brief illness.

Persons with special needs in West Berbice can now seek formal education since for the first time a school has been established to cater for them.

An allegation of assault against the Crabwood Creek Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) chairman yesterday saw a street protest, the resignation of the chairman and the closure of the office pending an investigation.

Five suspects are in custody in connection with a $16 million fraud detected at Clico Life Insurance, police said yesterday.

Secretary-General of the International Criminal Organisation (Interpol), Ronald Noble says he is pleased with Guyana’s security arrangements for the hosting of Cricket World Cup (CWC).

Four persons have won the right to represent Guyana in Trinidad next month at the finals of the Qaseeda competition.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has made a call for the city enhancement exercise to be recognized as a national effort to be supported by all rather than “the notion being peddled by some that the move

The recent delivery of 250 breeding sets of supermale tilapias from the United Kingdom is expected to provide the boost the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) needs to make aquaculture the leading economic sector in Guyana by 2015.

The Guyana leg of the US$2 million training programme for security personnel manning the world cup stadiums in the nine host countries commenced yesterday, with Acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene lauding the initiative of the Cricket World Cup committee for organizing such an event.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after over 100 grammes of cocaine, marijuana and a quantity of ecstasy tablets were found at a Princes Street house yesterday afternoon, when members of the Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit carried out a raid there.

The dead body of a male person of African descent was found on Sheriff Street, in the vicinity of Subryanville on Sunday night, the police have reported.

Police in Guyana have arrested one person in connection with T&T$5.3 million cocaine seizure last week in Trinidad, while alleged interference with the investigation by a lawyer is being investigated, according to a press release.

Residents of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, are calling on the authorities to have urgent repairs done to a damaged bridge on the Railway Embankment as they fear a serious accident may occur on the bridge.