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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The coroner here yesterday instructed that an inquest with a jury be held into the murder of late Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, officials confirmed.

The Georgetown Turf Club (GTC) in its effort to promote sport tourism will be staging an eight-race horse race meet on March 31 at its Mocha Arcadia facility to coincide with the Cricket World Cup 2007 Super Eight matches which Guyana will be hosting.

It has been uttered so many times within the last few months that every Guyanese including your three-year-old knows Cricket World Cup is finally here and that the spanking new stadium at Providence is where the action unfolds.

The Berbice zone of the National Inter-Secondary School Under-16 40-over Cricket Competition continued with interesting highlights.

Brutal Jammers has conquered Guyana and is now on its way to dominating in the region as well after recently returning from a successful tour to Jamaica courtesy of its Jamaica-based star patron Natural Black.

Georgetown fans were busy ‘buying brooms’ yesterday anticipating a clean sweep of Linden in both the male and female tournament of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF)/Wildfire Productions inter-association competition.

Dear Editor, Given our endowment of extensive and rich agricultural lands, it is a matter of commonsense to make the expansion of the agricultural sector one of the main planks of our development strategy, to ensure that the people have an adequate, regular and varied supply of food.

History was created last evening (Guyana time) when a four-man Guyanese team contested the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay at the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Dear Editor, I have been following the various comments in the press on the appointment of Shri Prakash Gossai as an Assistant to the President.

It was a three-figure day for West Indies yesterday that had satisfaction written all over it.

Dear Editor, On the morning of March 20, 2007, around 7 am, I got a call from a lady telling me of a dog at the corner of Hadfield and Lombard St, lying on the pavement in a pool of blood.

The robbery of four families in Lesbeholden in Black Bush Polder was a grim reminder that, far from being won, the war being waged against violent crime is going badly and probably being lost.

Dear Editor, It is amazing how quickly language becomes corrupted. I read recently in the newspapers that Pandit Gossai was appointed a Commissioner of Oaths to Affidavits.

Dear Editor, The Motor Vessel Malali and other Transport and Harbours vessels that are currently plying the Essequibo route, that is to say Parika to Adventure, work with the tide and in so doing can make one round trip during the time it used to make two.

Dear Editor, I see from the letters of Mr Jerome Khan captioned “Mr Kwayana’s criticism of Pandit Gossai is spiteful” and Mr Charrandass Persaud captioned “Shri Prakash Gossai is highly qualified for the job he has been offered” (07.03.08) that my earlier letter shows up my maladies, including spite, racism and ambition.

Dear Editor, I read a disturbing letter by one Trevor Atkinson, titled “Omai also made no profit” (07.03.17).

Dear Editor, The decision emanating from the recent 18th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the conference of Heads of Government of Caricom for the convening of a special meeting of the Caricom Council on Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Air and Maritime transportation to address a transportation policy and vision for a Regional Airline, is nothing new.

Dear Editor, We refer to the letter captioned “There are many grey areas regarding zero-rated items” (06.12.27), a copy of which you had sent us for our comments.

The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) will host the National Novices and Schoolboys Championships tomorrow at Club Blue Note, 200 Camp Street, Georgetown from 11:00hrs.

A cricket team from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport defeated a team from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at the NOC ground in Essequibo last Sunday.