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SYDNEY, (Reuters) – “Evil” illegal gamblers using the grooming methods of paedophiles to try and corrupt cricketers have not gone away but the game’s anti-corruption chief Ronnie Flanagan is confident the upcoming World Cup will be clean.

The Georgetown Public hospital in collaboration with the Ministry of Health yesterday honoured nurses from the Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) nursing programme.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company yesterday handed over a $3M cheque to Delma Nedd, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education towards the Children’s Mashramani Costume Parade, slated for February 14.

A 17-year-old boy was crushed to death this morning at the Caricom Rice Mill at Anna Regina after a storage tank with paddy give way.

(Trinidad Express) Forty-eight hours after Garvin Nicholas was appointed this country’s new Attorney General, a matter has been referred to the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) for investigation, involving him.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) representative Baldath Mahabir confirmed yesterday he will be contesting the post of vice-president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) when the organisation holds its AGM in Kingston, Jamaica on March 7.

Rupertee woman dies after accident At about 0330h. today, police say that Georgiana Smith, 59 years, of Rupertee, North Rupununi, was walking along the roadway when she was struck down by a motor cycle.

At about 0315h. today, the police say that unlicensed driver Akash Mohan, 15 years, of Number 72 Village, Corentyne, was driving a motor vehicle along the Public Road at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a parked vehicle and a concrete bridge.

At about 0115h. today, the police say that driver Yamsham Ram, 43 years, of Friendship, EBD, was involved in an argument with another man at Timehri, EBD, during which he was stabbed about his body.

At about 1300h. yesterday, police say that a confrontation occurred between two neighbouring families, involving a dispute over land, at Handsome Tree, Mahaica, ECD, during which Suresh Nandkishore, 26 years, of Handsome Tree, was beaten about his body.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines’ (CAL) unaudited accounts for 2014 show a loss of US$60 million although the airline plans to achieve breakeven by 2017, Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday.  Replying

Following legal advice received from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Vishnu Singh, 24 years, of Better Hope, ECD, has been charged with rape allegedly committed on a 14 -year- old student on the East Coast of Demerara, the police said today.

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y., (Reuters) – Seven people were killed and a dozen injured when a crowded New York commuter train struck a car stalled on the tracks near suburban White Plains during rush hour on Tuesday evening, in what officials said was the railroad’s deadliest accident.

The People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) nominee to the post of Elections Commissioner, Attorney-at-Law Sase Rabindranauth Gunraj was formally sworn in at the Office of the President today by President Donald Ramotar.

Four persons died by drowning yesterday while performing a religious ritual at Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo and their bodies have since been recovered, Divisional Commander Marlon Chapman has confirmed.

The entrance to the University of Guyana, Turkeyen was this morning blocked by students and staff in an escalating row with the administration of the institution over pay, working conditions and the state of the campus.

(Trinidad Express) In an address of 2,164 words last night, made necessary by the allegations against the Attorney General, the Prime Minister dedicated virtually one line to her outgoing Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.

(Trinidad Express) PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has asked that the President revoke the appointments of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, National Security Minister Gary Griffith, and Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) David West, for their roles in witness-tampering investigation ordered by Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today imposed visa restrictions on current and former Venezuelan officials involved in alleged human rights abuses and on people believed responsible for public corruption in the oil-exporting country.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0700h.