Staff Editor

A 42-year-old pork knocker was this afternoon shot and killed by police ranks who were called to his  Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo home, which he was threatening to burn

(WICB) Nottingham, England – Darren Sammy said it was a good feeling to have completed his maiden Test hundred for West Indies in the second Test against the World No.1 England today.

(Jamaica Observer) Embattled dancehall Deejay Busy Signal has denied any involvement in drug smuggling.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Colombian and Mexican Governments are both assisting Trinidad and Tobago in the fight against crime.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – The African, Caribbean and Pacific countries forming the ACP have proclaimed their solidarity with Suriname on the issue of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA).

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Barely a month after the inaugural flight, the SLM Guyana-Miami line seems to be very lucrative.

PPP executive Ralph Ramkarran today called for the decriminalizing of same sex relationships saying that the present laws are archaic and that the society should be liberal in outlook and socially progressive.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Captain Andrew Strauss hit his second century in as many matches to leave England in the driving seat and in clear sight of West Indies’ first innings score of 370 at close on the second day of the second test at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) FIFA will take legal steps to recover the ownership of the US$25.5 million Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, which the football’s world governing body claims to have funded.

A woman was discovered murdered in her D’Urban Street home this morning and it is suspected that she was stabbed to death during an argument with her reputed husband.

(Jamaica Observer) The Caribbean will soon have more options for satisfying its sweet tooth, with a Guyanese company and an American creamery pairing up to open ice-cream stores across the region.

(Jamaica Observer) Police are now hunting for a man who brutally stabbed a teenager to death for laughing at him when he fell from his bicycle.

(Trinidad Express) Appeal Court Judge, Justice Wendell Kangaloo was yesterday flown to Baltimore, Maryland in the United States where his care is expected to continue at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital.

(Trinidad Express) United National Congress (UNC) deputy political leader, Roodal Moonilal, has alleged that Calder Hart used taxpayers’ money to purchase a multi-million-dollar villa in Tobago, while he was executive chairman at the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT).

(Barbados Nation) This island’s top prosecutor wants the salaries and perks of top-flight company executives approved by shareholders and not just the boards of directors.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Vatican magistrates today formally charged Pope Benedict’s butler with illegal possession of secret documents and said a wider investigation would take place to see if he had any accomplices who helped him leak them.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – England talisman Tim Bresnan blew away West Indies’ main resistance with three key wickets on the second day of the second test at Trent Bridge today.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Marlon Samuels stroked a high class, unbeaten century while captain Darren Sammy was on the verge of another in a career-best innings, as West Indies flirted with disaster before staging a brilliant recovery, to make a strong finish to the opening day of the second Test against England here today.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict’s butler was arrested today in connection with an investigation into leaks of confidential documents, some alleging cronyism and corruption in Vatican contracts, a senior Vatican source said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Corruption has become so pervasive in T&T that citizens appear to be undergoing a process of being desensitised as to what corruption is, says Queen’s Counsel Karl Hudson-Phillips.