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Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov finished in a three-way tie for first place in the CORUS Chess Tournament which took place in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, from January 13-28, 2007.

Dear Editor, The Guyanese people are not surprised that the PR Dept of the State of Barama within Guyana sees that its interests are threatened and has therefore put its Public Relations Dept in full gear.

Dear Editor, A survey conducted by the NACTA polling organization in Trinidad shows that civic groups and civic-minded individuals enjoy greater respect and popularity than the regular run of the mill “traditional” politicians.

Dear Editor, Bonita Harris’s letter on the 1st death anniversary of her “beloved partner” Ronald Waddell captioned “My partner Ronald Waddell was murdered one year ago” (07.01.30) was a grim reminder of our present state of affairs and the manner in which we are “progressing.”

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Inc. wishes to respond to the letter by Ms.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Inc. wishes to respond to the letter by Mr.

Horse racing action returns to the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility in Corentyne Berbice this afternoon when an eight-race meeting will be held.

Kings and Berbice All-Stars recorded walkover victories Friday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Next Level Entertainment (NLE) nationwide first division tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Sugar has always been an intensely political commodity. Financial fortunes and the fate of governments have been determined by its rise or fall.

Prenatal care is the care that is given to you while you are pregnant.

I find it blisteringly hot at present and almost too hot to finish this piece of writing, but thankfully the discipline of it prevents me dozing off.

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Introduction Guyana is a poor country. Average GDP capita is less than US$1,000.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said the well which supplies Mocha is functioning as normal and there would be no disruptions.

In the obituary for Cecil Griffith which appeared on page 11A in last week’s Sunday Stabroek, we gave his date of birth as October 29, 1928.

Guyana and Brazil are working towards having a single motor vehicle insurance policy that could be used not only between the two countries but in all Mercosur (Southern Common Market) states in keeping with Brazil’s membership of Mercosur.

Workers of the now disbanded BWIA have all been paid a severance package plus gratuity and about 60% of them have been re-employed.

Guyana’s ambassador to Venezuela Dr Odeen Ishmael has dismissed as “totally untrue” an allegation in the Venezuelan media he had been summoned by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry to a meeting following the publication of an interview and an opinion piece, or that he had been involved in clandestine negotiations with the Venezuelan Foreign Minister on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.

A Non Pareil man was reported to have been shot several times during a robbery in the East Coast Demerara village yesterday.

More than three months after President Bharrat Jagdeo met with representatives of opposition parliamentary political parties to discuss the furthering of a framework for enhanced political cooperation, the representatives are disappointed that there has been no further discussion.