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Dear Editor, I am again compelled to express my views on what I consider to be a fledgling revival of Burnham’s behaviour in Guyana politics and governance.

Dear Editor, One might have thought that with all the concern and bustling preparation for the imminent Cricket World Cup 2007, and our tourism ambitions beyond that event, some thought would have been directed to a need to upgrade our stock of sanitary facilities for public use and convenience (no pun intended).

Dear Editor, I write regarding the misuse of one of the new cars given to the police recently.

Dear Editor, I am reluctant to enter into the fray of press freedom, except to observe that there are several angles to this banal discrimination by the State against Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, On Friday January 26 2007 at around 5:30pm, I stopped at the corner of Robb and Oronoque Street when I noticed an elderly security guard taking a very malnourished security dog into a yard of an office.

Dear Editor, I would like to bring to the attention of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, two unsightly old cars parked at 50 Public Road, Kitty, Georgetown.

Athletes from around Guyana stormed the Police Developmental meet yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground ahead of the official start of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) 2007 season this weekend with an inter – club relay championships.

Wismar Pistons and Georgetown’s Scorpions completed easy wins at the Mackenzie Hardcourt Saturday night to set up challenges with Kings and Berbice respectively in the quarter-final round of the Next Level nation-wide first division tournament.

Malteenoes defeated Everest by six wickets in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 limited overs cricket competition at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground yesterday.

National Hardware Guyana Limited and a company out of Costa Rica called Productos have embarked on a $100M joint venture that would see improvements to the way tiles are laid in homes and offices.

A policeman died yesterday after being shot several times during the Carib Soca Monarch contest in New Amsterdam causing panic and pandemonium and his alleged assailant was hit several times by a licensed firearm holder while attempting to flee.

Dear Editor, As we celebrate Valentine’s Day we must contemplate the significance of the word ‘Love’ which I believe is the greatest of all words in the English Language.

Dear Editor, I recently read an interesting article in the Guyana Chronicle dated January 26th, headlined “President off to Russia today”.

Dear Editor, I write disgusted with the unconscionable practices by some businesses regarding high prices for goods that are expected to be reduced with the introduction of VAT.

Dear Editor, The withdrawal of Stabroek News ads is giving Guyana too much negative world publicity.

The People’s National Congress Reform-1G is disheartened that the 2006 national budget has not addressed the country’s foreign policy concerns and has cited the need for a well thought out diplomatic effort aimed at securing national interests.

The two men who shot a goldsmith three times at his home on Saturday were about to rob him after pretending they were customers, his wife Devika said yesterday.

Government would be building two more packaging facilities at Charity and in Berbice to cater for the export of fruits and vegetables under its agricultural diversification project.

More than fifty years have passed with barely a mention of an important moment in Guyanese history.

The National Psychiatric Hospital is a priority hospital for reconstruction and the government is now engaged in mobilising funds for this, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said.