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Dear Editor, I read in Stabroek News of the March 2, 2007, excerptsfrom the US Drug Report on Guyana.

Dear Editor, Dionne Warwick in her wonderful song “What the World Needs Now is Love” tells us that we don’t need anymore mountains, oceans, rivers, and valleys, since we have enough to last till the end of time, but “love sweet love” is what we need to make the world a better place.

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter captioned “The beleaguered fishermen have got little help” (07.03.08).

Dear Editor, The lunar eclipse of March 3 took place as scheduled, but it was mostly invisible from Georgetown because of the clouds on the horizon and of the haze higher up, which only allowed the moon to be seen as it emerged from shadow.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s pathetic public protestations against the recent US narcotics report on Guyana may have won a few nods of approval and a scattering of sympathizers, but at the end of the day, he is the President of a country that is a major transshipment point for illicit drugs, with its spin off effects on money laundering and gun running.

With support from the PNCR-IG and GAP/ROAR the National Assembly yesterday passed the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Amendment) Bill, amending the 2000 legislation, to provide for the control of pesticides and toxic chemicals for export among other things.

Guyana contributed the sum of US$50,000 to the opening ceremony of Cricket World Cup 2007 and was represented even though the country did not send any artistes to the event.

The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) says the welfare of vendors is much more important in the long run than the economic boost the country may enjoy by the influx of tourists who will come to Guyana for Cricket World Cup.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday presented in the National Assembly, three bills to facilitate security assistance to Guyana during Cricket World Cup 2007.

Suriname President Dr Runaaldo R Venetiaan has charged youth commissioners to be consistent in their advocacy on the ideals of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) a press release from the Caricom Secretariat said.

Brazil and the United States last Friday signed a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) expressing their intention to cooperate on the development and deployment of biofuels, and they are to begin such work in Central America and the Caribbean to plug local production and consumption of the product.

The United States (US) Embassy says Guyana Publications Inc Managing Director Doreen de Caires is the Guyana honoree for the Secretary of State’s Award for International Women of Courage.

A white paper on sexual offences legislation is currently being drafted and should be presented to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security by the end of next month.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) says the pressure parts of its boilers are undergoing their first pressure test at the state-of-the-art Skeldon facility.

On any given weekday after 2 pm schoolchildren congregate at the National Library on Church and Main streets and queue to enter in order to carry out their research.

Two of the three utility companies have reported a marked decline in the amount of vandalism they have suffered over the last couple months in the face of a more proactive approach by government in dealing with the problem.

President’s College (PC) defeated St Stanislaus College in the first debate of the Ethnic Relations Commission Inter-Second-ary Schools Debating Com-petition.

Over one third of the nine-mile De Hoop Branch Road at Mahaica has been finished with the project set to be completed by April, the Government Information Agency (GINA) says.

The Ministry of Public Works and Communication is now better equipped to conduct soil testing with the acquisition of a modern Cone Penetrometer Testing (CPT) machine.

A mother is now in police custody after her 18-month-old baby who was reportedly left alone at home with his 14-year-old aunt fell to his death from stairs at the family’s Section ‘A’ Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara home late yesterday.