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A barbershop was on Wednesday the target of a robbery by two men one of whom was wielding a gun.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the robbery of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet on Vlissengen Road on Wednesday.

Owing to the prolonged dry spell, the Lamaha Canal at Shelter Belt, Vlissengen Road and Church Street, is at a significantly low level, and the Guyana Water Inc.

To commemorate its third anniversary the Demerara Bank Limited Rose Hall branch, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, is hosting a Quiz competition for Region Six Primary Schools students.

Councillor of the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Pooran Persaud has called for the investigation into the money missing from the Anna Regina Multilateral School safe to be expedited.

A West Coast Berbice man and his son charged with being in possession of illegal fuel were granted bail in the sum of $200,000 each when they appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Friday before Magistrate Chandra Sohan.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy says the ministry will this weekend begin the process of advertising for a contractor to start the major enhancement work at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha said its Phagwah Mela and Bazaar will begin tomorrow on the lawns of the sabha’s kendra in Prashad Nagar.

Chairman of the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Alli Baksh has instructed the clerk of the RDC, Sewanand Meusai to write to the Department of Education on the issue of the beating of a pupil of the Charity Primary School.

(Part 11) My previous article (Part 1) on the topic clearly pointed to an explosive situation brewing at Plantation Leonora by Mid-February, 1939.

Dear Editor, M. Mc Allister, PNCR-1G parliamentarian in part of his presentation in the debate on the budget has attempted to float once again his party’s propaganda, that they were responsible for the improvement in the economy, repair of the infrastructure, and the debt forgiveness received since 1992, because of the so-called Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) introduced under the presidency of the late Mr Desmond Hoyte.

An East Coast youth who allegedly stole a $180,000 gold chain from a man was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, Mr Ellis’s letters about race are anachronistic since they are dealing with a milieu of 50 years ago which has passed away.

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Dear Editor, I refer to the name-withheld letter captioned “If born here you are seen as Guyanese” (SN 20/12/06) where the writer is putting forward the view that Africans who support ACDA or Indians who support the equivalent Indian organizations think of themselves as natives of Africa or India.

Dear Editor, I identify with the central theme in Mr Dennis Wiggins’s letter published in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News on February 14 under the separate captions: “The struggle must focus on social democracy, not racial democracy” and “Guyanese should stop pursuing the falsity of racial superiority.”

Dear Editor, There were many editorials over the past few weeks re the withdrawal of government and state entity advertising from the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, On February 16 Kaieteur News headline read “Competition for cellular service achiev-ed, International and Landline may be next” – President.

Dear Editor, I write to salute Mr Clairmont Lye for his return of the national award, the CCH, to President Jagdeo.

Dear Editor, I have been searching for words to react to Mr Jagdeo’s flippant response, reported in your papers, to the views expressed by a former First Lady and former President, on the question of the withdrawal of Government advertisements from Stabroek News.