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The West Indies, yet again, came face-to-face with unavoidable reality in their first Super Eight match at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium over the past two days.

South Africa eked out a one wicket victory over Sri Lanka despite a sensational bowling performance from Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga who created history by becoming the first bowler to take four wickets in four balls in international cricket in the first “Super Eight” match at the spankingly new Provi-dence Stadium yesterday.

A recent Financial Times brief on the political situation in Venezuela reported that “the final vestiges of resistance to Hugo Ch

Magistrate Oneidge Walrond-Allicock yesterday committed Marcel La Cruz, the woman accused of stealing a teenaged girl’s baby, to stand trial in the High Court.

Q: My immigrant visa has just been issued. What can I do to prepare myself for a life in the U.S.?

Dear Editor, I thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter captioned “The state media have not done enough to promote the preparation for Cricket World cup” (07.03.28) by Alicia Gonsalves.

There were wins for teams A, E and F on Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club courts as the Guyana Squash Association’s Farfan and Mendes Easter team tournament got off to a flying start.

The Chico Sweets/Smalta/Giftland Office Max Inter-Secondary School Futsal tournament will continue tonight with the quarter-final matches at the National Gymnasium from 6:30 pm.

The touring United Petrotrin Football Club of South Trinidad will take on Pele Football Club this afternoon from 4 pm at the Conquerors Football ground.

South Africa’s captain Graeme Smith said yesterday that his team dominated 95 percent of the Super Eight match against Sri Lanka at the Providence Stadium.

Thinking of going to World Cup cricket at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence?

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) condemns the manner in which Republic Bank recently dismissed six employees and has since requested that its management review its decision.

Guyana’s first world cup match at the spanking new Providence Stadium came off smoothly yesterday to the delight of local organizers but only about half of the 14,800 seats were filled for the big-name encounter.

Dear Editor, HIV/AIDS is surely the most central subject in the agenda of all the various groups represented in Guyana today.

Dear Editor, What message is given to visitors and the public to read in the newspaper that a family was dragged out of a taxi, beaten, stripped, robbed and two of the three females sexually assaulted.

Dear Editor, The adage that Rome wasn’t built in a day also applies to the Providence Stadium.

Dear Editor, Your editorial of Tuesday, March 27, 2007, headlined ‘Predicting the Past’, observ-ed among other things that “In a crucial sense, once you cede the moral high ground in order to pursue a gang of stateless thugs, you may win all the battles but you can never win the war”.

Dear Editor, The issues relating to the completion and management of the stadium that resulted in the ICC-CWC wresting control from the LOC is just another example of the poor project management capabilities that exist in the country.

Dear Editor, The sudden closure of school for the Easter Term is in bad taste.

Dear Editor, I read with horror, the story of the family that was assaulted by 20 men outside the Sheriff Night Club and wish to voice my concern and, as a woman condemn this attack which saw the assault of innocent women who had merely gone out for some entertainment.