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Dear Editor, There is an aspect of development that many countries are beginning to take advantage of.

The last time I went to a bar, it was the Times Caf

I went to the doctor and I was told I have high cholesterol.

Bar-B-Que The secret with a barbeque, of course, was to place the pits upwind, so that the smoked aroma helped oversight and excuses for the paltry side dishes, whether potato salad or plantain chips.

The announcement that an additional 40 items were to be zero-rated brought hope to consumers that their worries would be at an end.

The Guyana Poverty Reduc-tion Strategy Paper (PRSP), crafted out of nation-wide participatory consultations and published in 2001, set out the parameters of poverty in Guyana, analysed the contributory factors and detailed a road map for poverty alleviation or eradication.

A little over a week ago China launched a missile into space.

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Where humanly possible even the smallest garden should have a tree in it, not only for using up the carbon dioxide in the air, but as a home for birds and a shady place to put your chair and sit down.

An Annandale couple was on Friday evening robbed of almost $2 million in cash and jewellery by four masked men, minutes after returning from Linden where they had gone to sell fish.

The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) will conduct a review of the performance of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) in a matter of weeks and this will guide future release of funds for the continuation of the Unserved Areas Electrification Programme (UAEP).

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Not many Guyanese, I am sure, realize it but we have a National Trust whose high and shining objective is to preserve the national heritage.

Introduction As an analyst it is always a pleasant surprise to receive unexpected financial information more so in Guyana where the provision of the bare minimum is the accepted norm.

Representatives of labour, the private sector and the opposition have expressed grave disappointment at the lack of consultation and mention of serious issues facing the country at the moment such as the casino legislation and Value Added Tax (VAT) in the 2007 national budget.

Guyana has achieved over 95% in its cure rate for leprosy, utilizing multi-drug therapy against the disease since 1981, but about five persons relapse every year and must be aggressively monitored and treated.

Government has allocated $10 billion to the health sector and will spend over $4 billion on the construction of new hospitals and polyclinics in a number of communities throughout the country.

Buddy’s International Hotel and Resort is scheduled to open on February 20 and its foreign staff complement has begun to arrive in the country.

A search in the Corentyne River yesterday for Cheryl Peters, who is missing and feared dead after the ‘backtrack’ speedboat in which she was travelling to Suriname on Friday capsized, was unsuccessful.

Coordinator of the recently held 2007 Junior Calypso Competition Lance Canterbury said the lyrics submitted by the youths who participated in the competition were in keeping with the laws of the country.