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A 22-year-old labourer accused of raping an 11-year-old girl was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magis-trate’s Court yesterday.

Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Wales Magistrate’s Court on Thursday remanded a policeman to prison for perjury.

A 16-year-old boy who is accused of being behind the chaos created at St.

Dear Editor, I commend Mr Clairmont Lye in returning the CCH given to him for his sterling contributions in the political and social spheres.

Dear Editor, I am tired of hearing about this ad dispute.

Dear Editor, I find the report in which the Forest Producers Association (FPA) complained about job losses to be incurred by a proposed log export ban extremely misleading (“Timber harvesting practices of forest producers under unfair attack” -Stabroek Business, February 9, 2007).

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Bounty Farm Handicap tournament continued Thursday night at the Georgetown Club with surprise wins and defeats.

Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony in his speech during the budget debate in Parliament disclosed his vision 2011 for sport in Guyana.

Akon and Michael Jackson to collaborate? Nothing is official just yet but Akon has confirmed that the possibility is being explored and it could happen in another few months or sooner.

Dear Editor, As a resident in Agriculture Road, Mon Repos I am concerned about the lack of street lamps.

Dear Editor, For the past forty years, Guyana has not moved past the very issues that plague it today: charges of racial discrimination, marginalisation, excesses in governmental powers, and lack of accountability, to list a few.

Dear Editor, Although there is a resident Magistrate who is functioning regularly in Region 2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam, a police inspector (name provided) is instituting charges against traffic offenders here with instructions to appear at a court in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned “Security dogs should be treated properly” (07.02.12) by a Guyanese sister and humanitarian, Syeada Manbodh, on an incident involving an apparent sick dog she saw by Robb Street near Oronoque Street.

Dear Editor, Is it not strange that the head teacher of the Kuru Kuru Primary School can make a “decision” to announce to the PTA meeting without consulting the PTA or the parents concerned.

Dear Editor, One afternoon, I stood on the corner of Regent and Camp Street observing a police officer, of Amerindian descent and in the oppressive heat, regulating the flow of traffic.

Hi Everyone, If the criteria for a national dish are that it must be the most popular and represent a nation’s heritage, then I think that we need to elevate Chinese Fried Rice to the status it deserves, a national dish.

We often believe that children have to be told what to do.

Since permission to enter Camp Ayanganna and other local army bases must come from some authority it only seemed logical to descend upon the National Cultural Centre (NCC) on Friday last to witness female ranks of the army competing for a crown.

Thirst Park was never so jammed in a long time. Digicel descended with a hype show that saw the venue jumping to the sounds of home-grown music and celebrating brilliant design two Fridays ago.

Soca singing sensation Compton ‘Coody’ Hodges plans to make his own cultural invasion with his new soca release “Bumsey Rolling” as he seeks to describe the anticipated antics of revellers during this year Mashramani road parade.