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(Trinidad Express) Former batting sensation Brian Lara is among several cricket legends expected here next week for Sir Vivian Richards’s 60th birthday celebrations.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has slammed the People’s Partnership administration for doing all in its power, including misusing taxpayer dollars and the country’s Coat of Arms for political advertisements, to deflect attention from a motion that has been described as “frivolous and vexatious”.

(Trinidad Express) The first-ever commercially viable onion crop in Trinidad and Tobago was harvested yesterday at the Tucker Valley Farm, Chaguaramas, in a pilot project run by the Ministry of Food Production and local company Caribbean Chemicals Ltd.

(Reuters) – New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder and paceman Doug Bracewell have been handed one-match bans for going out drinking while recovering from injury and being goaded into a verbal slanging match with a patron at a local pub.

(Trinidad Express) Plans are under way to install cable television at the multi-million-dollar Santa Rosa prison so inmates will have the luxury of watching a variety of channels while serving time for their crimes.

ANSA McAl executives yesterday rejected claims that the Trinidad-based conglomerate signed a secret deal with the Government of Guyana (GoG) to establish an ethanol plant here, saying that much depends on a feasibility study due to be completed by year-end.

Caricom will not meet its commitment to achieve a full single economy and single currency under the CSME by 2015, Secretary General Irwin LaRocque said yesterday, while confirming a finding by consultants that the community is at decisive crossroads.

President Donald Ramotar met yesterday with Leader of the Opposition David Granger at the Office of the President where they discussed constitutional and statutory matters with regard to appointments to about ten key public sector posts.

The Alliance For Change, in noting that the latest Auditor General’s Report has again identified a number  of financial discrepancies and instances of unaccountability, is urging Members of Parliament to take a zero tolerance approach to corruption.

The man who reportedly shot two women, including one who was pregnant, moments after committing a robbery, was yesterday slapped with several charges and remanded to prison.

Workers from the La Bonne Intention (LBI) and Enmore sugar estates yesterday called off a day-old strike after GuySuCo and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) struck a deal.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has endorsed the final report by the OAS Electoral Observer Mission, calling it concise, factual and debunking any claim that the Opposition rigged the November 28 election. 

As La Nina weather conditions persist over Guyana, sections of the coastland were under several inches of water yesterday even as more rains were predicted last evening.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud With more rainfall expected, residents of the Mahaicony Creek are anticipating being deliberately flooded for a second for the year to relieve the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) and they are awaiting word from government on plans to assist them.

With no plea deal as yet, the trial of Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad who has been indicted in New York over a US$50M mortgage fraud is set to get rolling with jury selection on May 21, 2012.

Statements filed by the prosecution were yesterday handed over to the Muslim scholar charged with sexually molesting three boys when the case was called at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

Wismar, Linden lost power after a falling mango tree dislodged power lines yesterday.

Former University of Guyana lecturer Freddie Kissoon says he is satisfied with the outcome of the five-week strike even though there was no immediate reemployment of the three lecturers terminated – of which he is one.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony said though this year’s Mashramani celebrations provided income, employment and entertainment for the populace, the ministry would welcome more tangible contributions from businesses  for next year’s programme.

The Mayor and City Council’s Finance Committee failed to present the annual budget yesterday as expected, because of the administration’s inability to complete the documentation.