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(WICB) ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board recently met by teleconference and are pleased that consistent with his previous commitment Mr.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six police officers were suspended yesterday and 12 others are under investigation after allegations of corruption and misbehaviour in the Eastern Division.

The police today said that during yesterday they conducted searches on two buildings at Charlotte Street and Norton Street, Georgetown.

(Jamaica Observer) Government will be allocating at least J$143 million in this year’s national Budget to roll out a major programme to clean up several communities across the island, which will include the eradication of rats that have been plaguing a number of areas in recent weeks.

The Guyana Revenue Authority today said that two of its officers are being probed for forging the signatures of senior officers.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Ministry of Finance and Planning has broken its silence in a vigorous public debate over a tax raid on telecommunications firm Digicel late last week, claiming there appears to be “a concerted campaign to discredit the work of the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ)”.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The police union SPB expects new Minister of Justice and Police Edward Belfort to tackle crime with the same drive as former Minister Chandrikapersad Santokhi, as both Belfort and Santokhi are former police officers.

(Barbados Nation) The Opposition is charging that Government is preparing to borrow US$183 million as part of a “secret deal” with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Twin bomb blasts in the Syrian capital Damascus killed 40 people and wounded more than 170, Syrian state television said today.

(Trinidad Express) Within two weeks action will be taken to stop the haemorrhaging of finances at Caribbean Airlines (CAL), says chairman Rabindra Moonan.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) had US$149 million or more than TT$900 million deposited in several banks and financial institutions at the beginning of 2010.

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna was rushed to hospital after partying at the Met Gala in New York on Monday night.

(Reuters)  The heavily anticipated rematch between Britain’s Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson, scheduled for May 19, has been cancelled after the American tested positive for a banned substance, organisers said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The teenage daughter of an Indian diplomat who says she was wrongfully arrested and falsely accused of sending threatening emails to two of her New York City teachers has sued the city for $1.5 million, claiming civil rights violations.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has ended his relationship with Slovakian fashion designer Lubica Slovak.

(WICB) ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Cricket fans in the United States of America will have a double treat this summer as the West Indies face New Zealand in two historic Twenty20 matches in Florida.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – A second unidentified masseur has joined a $2 million lawsuit against John Travolta claiming the actor sexually assaulted the men in two separate incidents during private massages, according to amended court documents filed on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) While West Indies cricketers Marlon Samuels, Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin were held up from joining the West Indies cricket team in England, awaiting an English visa, the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) was told the situation is under control and their assistance was not needed at the point in time.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday premiered its fully automated Motor Vehicle Certificate of Registration.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The court martial has no choice but to apply the Amnesty Act and end proceedings against Desi Bouterse and other suspects in the December murders trial, as it has no authority to rule on the applicability of laws, jurist Jennifer van Dijk-Silos tells de Ware Tijd.