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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.

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.

Dear Editor, In a letter captioned Is the dredging vessel Steve N serviceable?

A number of ICC CWC West Indies Inc 2007 volunteers (VIBES) received a shock yesterday when they were physically searched for money and jewellery, which two volunteers reportedly lost at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

South Africa had been coasting to victory. With only 210 to make and Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis having stroked the unthreatening Sri Lankan ball imperiously to all parts, spectators had resigned themselves to another hour or two of dull play in searing afternoon heat eased only by Demerara River breeze.

One city bar is buzzing with Cricket World Cup (CWC) tourists while the others are still awaiting the drove of expected visitors to these shores.

Seven Guyanese who had been detained since last Friday in a “cold room” at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados were sent back to Guyana yesterday morning.

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.

An eight-man bomb squad from India is in Guyana to avert any bomb threat during the six Super Eight cricket matches, the first of which was played yesterday, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has announced.

In the wake of Monday’s robbery and assault of a family of four outside the Sheriff Night Club, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is calling for the immediate suspension of the club’s licence until investigations are completed and the perpetrators arrested.

A Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara woman who claimed that bandits had robbed her of $700,000 in jewellery and US$1,200 last Friday is herself in custody as detectives probe the reported robbery.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says more than 600 cases are before the court since it launched its anti-littering campaign.

The Rotaract Clubs of Guyana have launched a national an essay competition “to provide a forum for young people to express their concerns about crime in our country.”