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Judges at the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Inter-Secondary Schools Debating Competition said the competition between the Institute of Business Education (IBE) and Camille’s Institute of Business and Science Studies was “possibly one of the best” in the series.

The Ministry of Agriculture and local beekeepers are collaborating on adding honey production to the ever-widening diversification of the country’s agriculture sector.

A study of employment practices in Region Four has revealed that Guyanese within the two major ethnic groups fill the top positions in the private and public sectors compared to other groups.

A fisherman is currently a patient at the Georgetown Hospital nursing gunshot wounds which he said he received while walking along the road with a friend on Tuesday night.

An international tour operator specialising in worldwide bird watching trips recently completed its first group tour to Guyana in ten years.

A number of persons, including play school and other students were treated to free medical check-ups when the West Berbice Mothers’ Union (WBMU) hosted a health outreach exercise in honour of its 51st anniversary.

Local Muslim groups are collaborating on a series of programmes to mark the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad.

Banks DIH Limited is hosting a ‘Fun, Food and Fashion Fiesta’ to showcase local cuisine and designer wear.

The New Building Society (NBS) is funding a project for the repair and installation of street lights on both carriageways of Avenue of the Republic.

The ‘Order of Liberation’ award will be bestowed on late President Dr Cheddi Jagan in recognition of “his contribution to the struggle for Guyanese Liberation, democracy and national development”, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said.

Venezuelan companies will now be able to legally fish in Suriname’s territorial fishing grounds following the signing of a new agreement between the two countries.

During the 1940s, the Colonial Office, in response to the recommendations of its Labour Advisor, Major Orde Browne, and the Royal West India Commission of 1939, advised that social services in the British Caribbean be ameliorated.

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Five games are scheduled this week-end in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s under-19 limited-overs cricket competition.

Sophia ‘B’ came from behind on Tuesday to edged Kitty `B’ 2-1 and secure a place in the semi-finals of the Camptown Football Club’s Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s Super 6 football tournament played at the Campbellville Community Centre ground.

Bennett King balanced his quip after Monday’s victory over Zimbabwe that the World Cup is not won in March but in April with an admission that the result over the youngest team in the tournament was “scrappy”.

Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram, the pollster, continues to put his credibility at stake by the letters he writes.

The scary prospect that Pakistan World Cup cricket coach Bob Woolmer might have been murdered is beginning to cloud the environment here with dread, apprehension and total disbelief.

Dear Editor, In the last week or two, PNCR parliamentarians Amna Ally, Volda Lawrence, Carol Joseph and Vanessa Kissoon wrote letters to the media in response to letters that criticized Mr.

Evincing haste which has hardly been seen in the pursuit of other types of security legislation, the National Assembly last week unanimously passed three bills to enable Guyana to participate in regional security arrangements during the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007.