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I have seen the claim made that the recent Caricom summit was the most successful ever.

I don’t ever remember reading about any of the great names in the history that I was taught as a boy suffering agonizing toothache.

The leader of the Justice For All Party, CN Sharma has extended joyous Holi greetings to the entire Guyanese nation.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) calls on citizens to celebrate the colours, splendour, and liveliness of Spring that the Phagwah festival brings.

Two former government ministers have been appointed to the board of directors of the Caricom General Insurance Com-pany Inc, the former Guyana Fire, Life and General Insurance Com-pany (GuyFlag) Inc.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is pleased that the recommendations of two studies commissioned during Guyana’s chairmanship of the Rio Group have been accepted by the group and there are plans to deal with their implementation.

Ernest Brassington, one of the architects behind the Guyana National Service, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday an hour after a minibus struck him down.

A policeman patrolling Regent Street caused quite a commotion yesterday when he accidentally shot himself in the hip.

Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning believes that the energy requirements of the region can be supplied by Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela together.

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) calls on citizens to celebrate Holi as it is a festival which celebrates life and hope as a focus for national unity.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) extends good wishes to the Hindu community and all citizens on the occasion of the festival of Phagwah.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha said Holi is a time to share in the spirit of sewa, to replace hate with love and to take steps to reconcile differences in order to construct a unified society.

Guyanese are being called upon to use the festival of Phagwah to build permanent bonds of friendship and unity to bestow greater stature on Guyana.

Another gold miner is dead and one other injured after the truck they were travelling in, from a mining site called ‘Frenchman’ lost control and crashed into a curb.

President of the Dominican Republic Dr Leonel Fernandez Reyna said that the Rio Group has to be revitalised and new programmes of cooperation have to be identified, objectives he intends to pursue as incoming chairman.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) urges a re-dedication of all Guyanese to uprooting evils of crime and corruption and other evils that still persist to Guyanese, in particular the Hindu community on the occasion of Phagwah.

A young man who allegedly robbed another man at gunpoint of his Motorola V3 Razr cellular phone and was found with the weapon and ammunition was on Wednesday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A 29-year-old driver accused of stealing a quantity of items worth over $200,000 was released on bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The curtains came down Thursday night when national badminton player Candyss Odle Speirs and president of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Gokarn Ramdhani won the women’s and men’s Open singles trophy respectively at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall.

Demerara ended the first day of the Castrol inter-county under-15 two-day cricket competition in a comfortable position after routing Essequibo for a paltry score at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, yesterday.