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 (Jamaica Gleaner) Crowd favourite, Double Olympic Champion, Usain Bolt opened his London 2012 campaign with a 10.09 clocking inside the Olympic Stadium in London in heat four of the men’s 100m.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Bauxite mining company Suralco is in the red and needs to change its policy drastically to be able to compete on the world market.

(Trinidad Express) The Poultry Association is calling on Government to intervene to keep chicken prices down as feed prices go up.

(Trinidad Express) A Caribbean “Epcot Centre” featuring a Carnival wax museum, in partnership with world famous Ripley’s Believe it Or Not, is part of the TT$2 billion vision businessman Derek Chin has for the development of Invaders Bay, Port of Spain.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Roger Federer had to break yet another record to keep his Olympic dream alive and Andy Murray surfed a wave of British euphoria at Wimbledon today to set up a mouthwatering showdown for a gold medal.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ernesto swept over the tiny island of St Lucia today and could strengthen into a hurricane as it races westward across the Caribbean Sea, forecasters said.

A post-mortem examination was today performed on the body of Frank Persaud of Bel Air, Georgetown, by Government Pathologist Dr.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — DANCEHALL act Ninja Man has been cleared by the Supreme Court to perform at two shows over the weekend.

At about 2320h. last night, police ranks searched an unclaimed bag without a name tag that was seen in the loading area at the CJIA and found a total of 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine inside.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, is said to be left frustrated by what his agent described as ‘excessive drug testing’ inside the Olympic Village, after the sprinter was awaken from his sleep at 10:15pm last night, by doping officials for his third test in five days.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Moscow is sending three large landing ships with marines aboard to a Russian naval facility in the Syrian port of Tartus, Russian news agencies quoted a source in the general staff as saying today.

Two new temporary magistrates were today sworn-in to serve following a process of selection by the Judicial Service Commission, according to the Government Information Agency.

At about 1800h today,  the police said that Joint Services ranks responded to reports received that a group of men were attacking and robbing persons traversing the roadway at Rockstone, Upper Demerara River, and arrested three men who were armed with cutlasses.

(Barbados Nation) The Grantley Adams International Airport will be closed at midnight tonight and will reopen tomorrow at 10 a.m.

A monument erected in Buxton to memorialize the more than 400 Guyanese who have died as a result of police action since 1992 is scheduled to be unveiled tomorrow.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell turned on the afterburners to win the opening round of the men’s 50 metres freestyle at the London Olympics today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Teenager Kirani James’s biggest improvement has had to come off the track since a shock 400 metres world title last year propelled him into the limelight, his coach Harvey Glance said today.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ernesto formed in the Atlantic Ocean near the Windward Islands today and could strengthen into a hurricane as it races westward across the Caribbean Sea, forecasters said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Three U.S. Airways flights came too close to one another this week over Washington’s Reagan National Airport because of “miscommunication” between the control tower and a regional hub, U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) has placed all first responder agencies and emergency support organisations on alert, after a warning from the Met Office regarding a tropical wave east of T&T.