Staff Editor

Gros Islet, St Lucia – At the end of the action-packed first phase of the Caribbean T20 at Queens Park Oval, defending champions Trinidad and Tobago lead the points table.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Grenadians will go to the polls in a General Election on February 19.

(Barbados Nation) Before the week is out, close to 25 000 Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) members will be involved in a general strike, in protest against giant telecommunications company, LIME (Cable & Wireless).

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – UN human rights chief Navi Pillay called today for an international investigation into what she said were decades of serious violations in North Korea.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – In-form left-hander Darren Bravo says Trinidad and Tobago will not be relaxing for the second phase of the Caribbean Twenty20 starting in St Lucia Tuesday, despite topping the standings at the end of the first leg here Saturday night.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s three most powerful government figures after President Hugo Chavez gathered in Havana today to check on their ailing leader’s condition and meet with Cuban allies.

(Barbados Nation) The Police have successfully dismantled a criminal ring at the Barbados Port made up of four Port employees and a freighter.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is forging ahead on a wide-ranging plan to overhaul the U.S.

Chinese wood processing company Bai Shan Lin Forest Development Inc which is looking to move ahead on its large-scale industrial plans has advertised for 700 Guyanese workers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Detectives are investigating two separate incidents of attempted fraud against high-profile clients at RBC Royal Bank (RBC). Sources

(Reuters) – Roughly 18,000 defrauded investors in Allen Stanford’s US$7 billion Ponzi scheme would receive an initial payment of US$55 million for their claims, according to a plan submitted by a court appointed receiver on Friday.

(Jamaica observer) Crime is on the decrease in the island’s deadliest police divisions, but popular culture continues to hamper government’s efforts.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six fatal shootings by the police in the past 24 hours have pushed the number of police killings since the start of this year to 18.

(Trinidad Express) Two men who were believed to have gunned down a rival gang member last week met a similar fate early yesterday morning when they were ambushed and shot dead by two gunmen.

(Trinidad Express) A man described by the police as a gang leader was gunned down early yesterday morning moments after he and his girlfriend got to his Carenage home after a fete.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – An Egyptian court accepted an appeal by ousted former president Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister today, allowing him to be retried over the killings of protesters in the 2011 uprising.

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed as many as 14 Pakistani soldiers in the northern border region of North Waziristan today, military officials said, a day after the Pakistani Taliban leader called for attacks on the military in the area to stop.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Windward Islands eliminated Leeward Islands from the Caribbean Twenty20 when they dealt the struggling side their fourth straight defeat here today.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – An eight year old girl, Imani Green, was shot and killed in Duncans, Trelawny Friday night.

The Guyana Prison Service this evening said that a murder accused was found hanging in the New Amsterdam Prison this afternoon.