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(Jamaica Gleaner) The decision by the board of directors of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) to support Barbadian Joel Garner and not Jamaican Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron for the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been overturned.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has rejected an argument by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) that Parliament should have already been dissolved in accordance with Article 69 (1) of the Constitution.

The Police Office of Professional Responsibility has concluded investigations into the alleged corrupt transaction involving two police ranks attached to the Kurupung Police Station.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo today buckled to pressure and dropped his candidate for police chief after weeks of public outcry over the nominee’s implication in a bribery scandal.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy was the only Caribbean player sold in the 2015 Indian Premier League auction on Monday.

An alliance of three opposition parties won parliamentary elections in St.

A post mortem examination was today performed on the body of Hemwantie Annirude, 37 years, of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast, by Pathologist Dr.

(Trinidad Express)  A “stupid” laser light prank that, internationally, could be considered close to “terrorist activity”, yesterday threatened the safe landings of two aircraft at Piarco International Airport.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) At least 18 people were killed and 60 injured early today when a carnival float hit power lines in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on the second day of the annual festival, officials said.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) male team emerged victorious at the recently concluded Annual Inter-Services Road Relay on Sunday, a release from the GDF said today.

Godfrey Marshall (left) recently retired as Deputy Commissioner of Forests and Director of the Forestry Training Centre Inc.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall this evening downplayed a finding by Chief Justice Ian Chang on Friday that $4.5b in expenditure last year by the government was illicit, arguing that the only matter that was before the court was an application for a conservatory order to stay spending by the government this year.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – Former one-day captain Darren Sammy has warned his teammates their campaign in the ICC Cricket World Cup will be short-lived unless they begin to execute properly in all three aspects of the game.

(Trinidad Express) HOSTING seven matches in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 will bring no tangible benefit to the local game and the US$4.2m given to the foreign owners of the regional competition could be better spent on supporting home grown talent.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s air force bombed Islamic State targets inside Libya today, a day after the group released a video showed the beheading of 21 Egyptians there, marking an escalation in Cairo’s battle against militants.

Reuters) – Paul Stirling and Ed Joyce came agonisingly close to centuries but still helped Ireland cause the first upset of the 2015 cricket World Cup with a four-wicket victory over West Indies at Saxton Oval in Nelson on Monday.

(Reuters) – French actor Louis Jourdan, who played a suave bon vivant in the Oscar-winning film “Gigi” and had a long reign as Hollywood’s top choice to play elegant international gentlemen, died on Saturday at the age of 93, his biographer said.

NELSON, New Zealand, CMC – Captain Jason Holder says West Indies have turned the page on the turbulent last four months and are hoping to use the ICC Cricket World Cup as their renaissance.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli scored an imperious century as India opened their World Cup defence in convincing fashion with a 76-run victory over Pakistan in a frenzied atmosphere at the Adelaide Oval today.

Two of the students of the North Georgetown Primary school in the cockpit of the DC-3 aircraft at the CJIA during a visit on February 12.