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A man who allegedly caused the death of his best friend early yesterday morning when he drove his pickup dangerously was placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A third woman was yesterday charged for her alleged involvement in the CLICO insurance company fraud and she was granted $150,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the George-town Magistrate’s Court.

A man who took gasoline without paying for it was fined $25,000 with the alternative of three months imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

It’s official: Guyana’s senior national male and female basketball teams will be returning to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships scheduled for Puerto Rico in August of this year.

Wednesday evening at the Toucan Industries Inc. Mash junior squash tournament turned out to be a night of five-setters.

A second test run for the Providence Stadium is being considered.

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.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the board of directors, management and staff of Republic Bank Guyana Limited for embarking on the construction of a new building at Camp and Robb Streets.

Dear Editor, On behalf of my mother and the entire Kennard family I would like to thank you and recognize the obituary published in your newspaper on Sunday, February 18 on the passing of my father Gavin B Kennard.

Dear Editor, I like cooking, sharing my efforts with others, and sampling the food of different countries.

Dear Editor, In today’s Stabroek Business page 6B, there is a sub heading” Most drinking water deemed microbiologically unsatisfactory” which indicated that it originated from tests carried out by the Food and Drug Dept during 2006.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will stage its Annual National Youth and Junior Championships on March 8 and 9 at the Enmore Community Centre ground beginning at 10am.

By Edison Jefford Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony feels that a new approach is needed if there is to be development of school sport in particular across Guyana.

In observance of Mashramani 2007 the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport will kick off a one-day knockout seven-a-side football tournament today at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground from 10am.

The final and third place play-off in the Guyana Football Federation/Pepsi inter-association under-17 football tournament will be played today at the GFC ground.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is in need of financial assistance to send a team of boxers to the third Pan American Games box-off billed for April 20-28 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, I have listened to budget presentations and debates on a number of occasions, but have never quite paid keen attention, or had the patience to listen out the three/four hour presentation.

The semi-finals of the Guyana Football Federation/Guyflag senior inter-association tournament will be played on March 11 at the GFC ground instead of tomorrow as scheduled.

Dear Editor, Almost unnoticed, a little article headlined “Stabroek News to take over Guyana Review” (07.02.01) announced to the world the new publisher of the very prestigious monthly.