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Dear Editor, We of the Guyana Association of Private Security Organisations (GAPSO) endorse the appointment of acting Commissioner Greene to the substantive post of Commissioner of Police.

Residents of the northern side of Good Faith Recess Dam, Mahaicony say the dam is in a terrible condition with huge potholes and needs to be fixed urgently.

In the wake of recent criticism by one of its Region Four councillors, the Alliance For Change (AFC) says that its leadership is only interim until it holds its first national conference.

An allegation of assault against the Crabwood Creek Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) chairman yesterday saw a street protest, the resignation of the chairman and the closure of the office pending an investigation.

Five suspects are in custody in connection with a $16 million fraud detected at Clico Life Insurance, police said yesterday.

Secretary-General of the International Criminal Organisation (Interpol), Ronald Noble says he is pleased with Guyana’s security arrangements for the hosting of Cricket World Cup (CWC).

Four persons have won the right to represent Guyana in Trinidad next month at the finals of the Qaseeda competition.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has made a call for the city enhancement exercise to be recognized as a national effort to be supported by all rather than “the notion being peddled by some that the move

The recent delivery of 250 breeding sets of supermale tilapias from the United Kingdom is expected to provide the boost the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) needs to make aquaculture the leading economic sector in Guyana by 2015.

The Guyana leg of the US$2 million training programme for security personnel manning the world cup stadiums in the nine host countries commenced yesterday, with Acting Police Commissioner Henry Greene lauding the initiative of the Cricket World Cup committee for organizing such an event.

Horace Mitchell who served as a judge both in Guyana and the Eastern Caribbean died last Tuesday in Antigua after a brief illness.

Persons with special needs in West Berbice can now seek formal education since for the first time a school has been established to cater for them.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after over 100 grammes of cocaine, marijuana and a quantity of ecstasy tablets were found at a Princes Street house yesterday afternoon, when members of the Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit carried out a raid there.

The dead body of a male person of African descent was found on Sheriff Street, in the vicinity of Subryanville on Sunday night, the police have reported.

Police in Guyana have arrested one person in connection with T&T$5.3 million cocaine seizure last week in Trinidad, while alleged interference with the investigation by a lawyer is being investigated, according to a press release.

Residents of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, are calling on the authorities to have urgent repairs done to a damaged bridge on the Railway Embankment as they fear a serious accident may occur on the bridge.

Talks regarding an agreed framework for enhanced political cooperation between the government and the parliamentary opposition are unlikely to resume before the upcoming Cricket World Cup.

PNCR-1G MP Dr George Norton is recommending that the government commission a study to determine the success or failure rate of the Cuban Miracle Eye Care programme in Guyana.

What were your favourite songs at this year’s soca and calypso competitions?

Carl Hooper abruptly quit international cricket, not because he wanted to be mean, rather the former West Indies captain feels he was forced out of the team well before his planned departure.