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During this morning, the police say they conducted a raid at Agricola where nine buildings were searched.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The ICC confirmed it was investigating the registration of company names which it regarded as of “concern to the sport of cricket” as reports of a rebel organisation which might split the game continued to emerge today.

An APNU+AFC government will investigate several controversial projects undertaken under the PPP/C administration including the new Skeldon Sugar Factory and the Marriott Hotel and order forensic audits of government’s holding company NICIL, among others, according to the coalition’s Manifesto.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – Rescue teams toiling amid rubble left by Nepal’s devastating earthquake pulled a teenage boy to safety today after he had been trapped for five days, a rare moment of joy for a country struggling to cope with the aftermath.

MUMBAI, India, CMC- West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been banned from bowling off breaks in any match organised by the BCCI, officials announced on Wednesday.

PPP/C Presidential Candidate Donald Ramotar today signed the Guyana Elections Commission’s Code of Conduct for Political Parties in the presence of Chairman of Elections Commission, Dr.

President Donald Ramotar this morning fired Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran following his verbal abuse of rights activist, Sherlina Nageer on April 20 outside the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 2230h.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has been named the “happiest” Caribbean nation again.

The Working People’s Alliance today lambasted an agreement by the government for the botched fibre optic cable project saying that it gave the contractor, Dax Construction Company, free control over all of the assets of the project and a 40-year monopoly licence over the E-governance project for free.

At about 0500h. today, the police say that Chester Reddock, 42 years, of Hopetown Village, WCB, was allegedly driving a motor car at a fast rate along the Bush Lot Public Road, WCB, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a parked motor lorry.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – The death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake could reach 10,000, the prime minister said today, as residents frustrated by the government’s slow response used their bare hands to dig for signs of their loved ones.

Texila American University today broke ground at the construction site for its new US$20M campus at Providence, East Bank Demerara, GINA said.

The pressure continues to build on Minister of Health Dr Bheri Ramsaran to resign with the constitutional body, Women and Gender Equality Commission being the latest to call for him to go.

On the wings of a fiery address by Bartica businesswoman Kamal Persaud, APNU+AFC presidential candidate David Granger last night laid out a plan for the Region Seven township focused on massive infrastructure, bolstered security and better health care.

(Trinidad Express) THE democracy of Trinidad and Tobago will be compromised if the London-based Privy Council is abolished as this country’s final court of appeal and replaced by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) without a referendum from the population.

Part of the crowd at the PPP/C rally at Stewartville, West Demerara last evening.

Bartica businesswoman Kamal Persaud last evening addressing the APNU+AFC rally in Bartica.

The Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) administration today said that a government building was ravaged by fire and twelve persons from four families are now homeless.

The St George’s Cathedral this afternoon announced the launching of its restoration fund and said that the total amount required to complete the renovation is US$2.5M ($500M).