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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ruthless Roger Federer thrashed suffering Croat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-1 6-4 to become the first man to win eight Wimbledon singles crowns on Sunday, five years after landing his seventh.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 03:00h this morning on the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara, involving motor car PVV 1923 and pedestrian Chandrapaul Persaud, 47,of 53 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

(Trinidad Guardian) National rugby player Jivon Alexander had aspirations of joining either the Police Service or the Air Guard, but his life was snuffed out by a single bullet to the chest.

A government team yesterday met with a team from the opposition on the Camp Street breakout on Sunday and it was disclosed that a Commission of Inquiry into the matter is to be held.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Garbine Muguruza clinched a maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday with a stunning demolition of Venus Williams, whose dreams of a fairytale victory at the age of 37 were blown apart in a devastating second set.

(Trinidad Guardian) Newly reinstated West Indies batsman Darren Bravo will not feature in the upcoming Test series between the West Indies and England when the Caribbean side tours that country because the team had already been selected for the series.

Desmond James, one of the six men who fled the Camp Street jail on Sunday was held last night on an access dam at Canal No.1 Polder, West Bank Demerara.

Police are presently investigating an accident on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway which has so far claimed the lives of three unidentified persons.

The opposition PPP today condemned a statement by President David Granger absolving Minister of Public Security.

Today,  Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman (centre) and a team of technical officers of the Petroleum Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources met with  Jeffrey Miller (second from left), President and CEO of Halliburton, and his team at the Ministry’s head office, Upper Brickdam.

The Minister of Public Security by virtue of ministerial powers vested in him by the Constitution and based on advice from senior prison officials, who testified to the prisoners’ character and good behaviour, released a total of 57 prisoners over the past week, a statement from the ministry said today.

Five men, including two police ranks, were today charged over the attempted robbery of the Republic Bank branch at Water Street that ended in a fatal shootout between the armed robbers, guards and the police last Tuesday morning.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations called on Venezuela’s government to let people take part in an unofficial referendum on the constitution on Sunday and to make sure security forces do not use excessive force against protesters.

Scenes from the 241st independence anniversary celebration put on by the US Embassy at the Marriott Hotel yesterday.

(Reuters) – Leading West Indies cricketers such as Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine could soon return to the national one-day international side as a long-running pay saga appears to be finally showing signs of reaching a conclusion.

(Trinidad Guardian) In the coming months, the public will see a number of new initiatives being rolled at the country’s prisons.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department will require all nations to provide extensive data to help it vet visa applicants and determine whether a traveler poses a terrorist threat, according to a cable obtained by Reuters.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan today said at a press conference that the number of escapees from Sunday’s Camp Street Prison breakout is six and not eight as had been previously stated by the authorities.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Exiled left-hander Darren Bravo is set to play for West Indies again “with immediate effect” after he and Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron exchanged apologies to end a nine-month impasse.

NEW DELHI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bollywood is bucking the trend of its usual lavish landscaped song-and-dance romantic comedies to take on the more serious issue of open defecation in India with the release of “Toilet: A Love Story”, the film’s promoters said on Tuesday.