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(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Agriculture has reported earnings of some J$247 million from 207 acres of ginger and $44 million from 123 acres of turmeric, totalling J$291 million during last year.

The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that it had given the Guyana Cricket Board a deadline of March 7th 2013 (Thursday) to advise on its ability to host the West Indies v Pakistan First Test slated for July, 2013.

(Trinidad Express) Last Friday, Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard issued a seven-page press release, on the outcome of the police investigations into allegations of criminal conduct in the construction of the multi-million dollar church which was being constructed in the Heights of Guanapo, Arima in 2010.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), today said it has started an investigation to “verify the validity of an alleged confrontation between members of the Guyana Police Force and illegal miners during an enforcement exercise to curb illegal mining activities within Marudi Mountain, Region Nine.”

(Trinidad Express) A Central woman this morning gave birth to six babies at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – An Australian mining services company has fired up to 15 workers who performed an underground version of the Harlem Shake and posted it online, in a second incident of the Internet dance craze sparking safety concerns.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies fast-bowling legend Andy Roberts says he is disappointed that former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd did not get the requisite support needed to be nominated president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

(BBC) India remain in control of the second Test against Australia, despite a tail-end collapse on day three in Hyderabad today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six persons were shot, five fatally, as a section of the volatile western Kingston community exploded once again early yesterday morning.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The conversations with Brazil’s top business leaders often last two hours, and up to four.

(Barbados Nation) Four daring daylight robberies of visitors in the space of a week have the chief of two popular hotels at his wits’ end.

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya,  (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed in attacks by machete-wielding gangs today as Kenyans queued to vote in a presidential election they hope will rebuild the nation’s image after a disputed 2007 poll unleashed weeks of tribal bloodshed.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of pro-opposition students and other critics of Hugo Chavez’s government marched in Caracas today to demand proof that the cancer-stricken Venezuelan leader is still alive and governing.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – A baby girl in Mississippi who was born with HIV has been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, U.S.

(Reuters) – Twenty20 world champions West Indies enjoyed a second easy win over Zimbabwe with a 41-run victory in Antigua today.

A video of a police rank beating at least three men trying to protect a woman and her child who were protesting a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission operation in Region Nine recently has evoked outrage.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica has lost voting rights and access to technical assistance from several international and regional organisations as the island remains saddled with the heavy burden of close to $800 million in outstanding arrears to these organisations.

Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford today told Stabroek News no Guyanese were involved in an accident today in Cuba in which a number of Caribbean students were injured.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth went into hospital in London today with symptoms of gastroenteritis, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.

(Barbados Nation) The attorneys representing Barbados in the Shanique Myrie lawsuit are ready to fight the country’s cause when the case begins in Jamaica tomorrow, confident in their defence and the testimony that will be offered by their witnesses during the month-long trial.