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(Trinidad Guardian)Former prime minister Basdeo Panday says Trinidad and Tobago now has “the biggest Cabinet in the world, per capita.”

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Jack Warner has promised to crack down on crime and return Trinidad and Tobago to a level of normalcy, even if it means bringing back the flying squad and other measures that worked in the past.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s tough-talking Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has urged non-performing public school teachers to leave the education system.

(Barbados Nation) It will take more than an apology and a promise of change from Trinidad and Tobago to appease Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) and other local manufacturers which have been victim to the twin-island republic’s stonewalling of Barbadian goods.

(Trinidad Express) A bar in Cunupia, central Trinidad, was shut down last Friday night after violating the Noise Pollution Control Rules (NPCR) set by the Environmental Management Authority (EMA).

(Trinidad Express) Multi-award winning CNN anchor/correspondent Jim Clancy has covered many armed conflicts in his four decades of journalism.

(Trinidad Express) The creation of four new ministries following the Prime Minister’s Cabinet shake-up last Friday is sending ripples through the Public Service.

(Jamaica Observer) Retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams has dubbed imprisoned gangster Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke a coward, adding that he got away with a ‘chicken feed’ sentence recently.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s No.2 telecom gear maker, has denied using Chinese subsidies to gain global market share after it was accused by U.S.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Debby formed in the central Gulf of Mexico today and storm warnings were posted for part of the Louisiana coast, the U.S.

During yesterday, the police say they conducted a search on a house at Middle Street, Buxton, ECD, during which an unlicensed shotgun along with 16 cartridges were found.

During yesterday, the police say they conducted a search on a building at Brutus Street, Agricola, during which sixty six rounds 243 calibre ammunition and 70 grams of marijuana were found.

Police say that on June 20, 2012, Dwayne McIntosh, 27 years and Sylvester Alpin, 20 years, both of Suriname, were found with two unlicensed shotguns by the police at Orealla Boat Landing.

(Barbados Nation) REDjet was doomed to fail, admits one of its principal investors and former director Ralph “Bizzy” Williams.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico on Friday admitted it had mistakenly claimed to have captured a son of Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, which the ruling party had hailed as a major victory in its war on cartels.

(Trinidad Guardian) Republic Bank yesterday issued a statement in which it “categorically” denied that it has had any banking relationship with Oscar Sanchez, the Cuban-American man who is due to appear in a Miami court today to answer charges of money laundering and attempting to defraud the US national health insurance programme, Medicare of US$373 million.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief executive officer of First Citizens Group, Larry Howai, is T&T’s new Finance Minister.

BELLEFONTE, Pa., (Reuters) – A jury found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 child sex abuse charges on Friday, ending a trial that rocked U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar tonight announced her administration’s second reshuffle, firing two Ministers, demoting others, and creating several new ministries.

Amid calls by the two unions on campus for him to resign, the University of Guyana today said that Professor Compton Bourne has been re-elected as Chancellor of the university for the next three years.