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(Barbados Nation) Another no-ball now awaits several of the stars from the triumphant West Indies’ World Twenty20 team.

The National Communications Network  today said that Lennox Cornette has been chosen as its new Chief Executive Officer.

About 0230h. today, the police say that three men, all armed with firearms, entered the Shell Fuel Station at McDoom, Georgetown, and held up the security guard and three female employees and took away a total of $51,000.00 and a cell phone.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon has told Cabinet that it was the Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin who arranged for four China-based companies, interested in investing in Guyana, to transport him to their respective offices located in different parts of the country during his visit last month.

Sugar workers’ unions GAWU and NAACIE yesterday announced that the remaining operations at the LBI estate will be shuttered, with implications for some 800 employees, as part of what GuySuCo says is the overdue integration of the East Demerara Estates that began five years ago.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon says contractor Brian Tiwarie is one of 34 persons who were appointed as honorary ministerial advisors.

Two of the corpses recovered after the March 3 Camp Street prison fire bore signs of trauma that was not consistent with fire injuries, according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, who said the deaths warrant investigation.

Two days after being discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), Traffic policeman Kelvin LaFleur, who was struck down while helping children across the Eccles, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Monday, succumbed.

Stands at D’urban Park which are to be used for next month’s independence anniversary event are being fortified following a report in Stabroek News about shoddy work and poor material used on them.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced the planned installation of 100 street lights in the Mocha and Diamond communities.

Local human rights activists recently met Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and urged action on a number of concerns but Greenidge said that resource constraints hamper government from effectively addressing some issues.

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam is assuring the public that the changes to the layout of the Grade 6 examinations will have no adverse effects on the students who will be writing the exam at the end of the month.

New York Judge Dora Irizarry yesterday granted a request by counsel for Guyana-born businessman Ed Ahmad for a deferral until June 10, 2016 for sentencing for mortgage fraud conspiracy.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the heading `Harmon to provide written statement on Tiwarie appointment’ it was erroneously reported that President David Granger, responding to questions at the Ministry of the Presidency had said that China paid for the private jet rides which Minister of State Joseph Harmon had while in China.

DNA results on the body that was found in the backlands of Nurney in January have confirmed that the remains are of  British teen, Dominic Bernard.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff resorted to the Supreme Court yesterday in a last ditch attempt to avert an impeachment vote in Congress, as a new poll showed her short of crucial support from lawmakers.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed and nearly 1,000 injured after a strong quake hit southwestern Japan, toppling houses and leaving thousands without power, but no problems were reported at nuclear plants in the area.

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday overruled no-case submissions made by defence counsel, Sandil Kissoon on behalf of Kevin Rankin who is accused of murdering his two-year-old cousin.

Justice Jo-Ann Barlow on Tuesday empanelled a jury for the trial of Lakeraj Fredericks, who is accused of the 2011 murder of Clifton Bonus.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization’s appellate body yesterday threw out a complaint from Panama about Argentina’s efforts to combat alleged tax evasion and avoidance.