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(Trinidad Guardian) After 11 attempts at trying to capture the Calypso Monarch crown, Devon Seale yesterday snatched the coveted title and $1 million first prize from his 11 rivals.

SAN ANTONIO DE LOS BANOS, Cuba, (Thom-son Reuters Foundation) – Long known for its cigars and rum, Cuba has added organic honey to its list of key agricultural exports, creating a buzz among farmers as pesticide use has been linked to declining bee populations elsewhere.

The Guyana Water Inc said that due to technical difficulties at the Diamond Well Station, East Bank Demerara which occurred yesterday, customers of Diamond Housing Scheme, Kaneville and Diamond Public Road are experiencing a service disruption.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – West Indies players will be thrown off the squad for the World Twenty20 if they do not agree to financial terms by Sunday’s deadline, the head of the region’s cricket board said today.

 Former Guyanese Health Minister Dr Noel Blackman was on Sunday charged in relation to illegal prescription of pain killers.

Saying the APNU+AFC government’s promised “good life” is an “elusive dream” for the working class, opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Irfaan Ali yesterday charged that the proposed $230 billion national budget was designed in such a way to benefit a “select few,” including ministers and contract workers.

Junior Communities Minister Valerie Patterson last evening announced that 50 homeowners will be given cash grants to upgrade their homes in celebration of the country’s golden jubilee independence anniversary.

While emphasising that government is attempting to create a path for investments and economic growth, Business Minister Dominic Gaskin yesterday reported that the development of industrial estates at Lethem and Belvedere, which had been languishing, would be completed to create at least 1,500 jobs by year end.

The government is making efforts to rebuild a country destroyed under the PPP/C’s rule, according to APNU+AFC MP Michael Carrington, who yesterday urged the opposition to support this year’s proposed $230 billion national budget.

Opposition members yesterday described the 2016 budget as “life-sucking,” lacking in vision and responsible for the death of the Guyanese dream of a good life.

Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes said the 2016 Budget allocations point to the government’s effort to raise the level of attention given the natural resources sector which can do much to take the economy and country forward.

Swift work by members of the Guyana Police Force has led to the arrest of an individual who is being treated as a suspect into the murder of Corentyne businesswoman Su Di Wong.

Orin Jerrick was yesterday sentenced to 28 years in jail after a jury convicted him on the lesser count of manslaughter for the death of Plaisance minibus driver Gavin Fiffee.

Two men were yesterday charged with the murder of two young girls and their father, who died as a result of an early morning fire that was started by arson at Robb and King streets, Georgetown, just over a year ago.

The suspect into the murder of Ramkarran Mohanlall, who was stabbed to death last Wednesday evening, is currently a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital under police guard after he attempted to take his own life.

Police in Berbice are investigating the torching of a metal cabinet, resulting in the destruction of over $10 million in pension and public assistance books, at the Ministry of Social Prote-ction’s Probation and Welfare Services Office at Princess Elizabeth Road, in New Amsterdam.

An East Coast Demerara father was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after denying charges that he ill-treated and caused bodily injuries to three of his five children.

As El Nino continues to scorch acres of rice in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas, the situation is being compounded by the monopolising of the limited water by farmers closer to the source.

Anthony David, one of the accused in the robbery of Justice Nicola Pierre, admitted that he transported the robbers from the area after they came under fire, Assistant Superintendent Mitchell Caesar testified yesterday.

Four months after being freed of the murder of Dexter Lindo, businessman Lawrence Wayne has once again been taken into police custody on advice of the Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) to have the case reopened.