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The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport last evening formally launched the National Theatre Art School that will accredit students with a diploma after two years of tutoring.

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown today announced the sudden passing of Deputy Chief Constable, Trevor Merriman.

Child rights activist Shirley Ferguson has passed away in London, England where she had been receiving medical treatment.

(Trinidad Express) The aftershocks of the CL Financial collapse continue to be felt as the National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago (NIB) is seeking to recover more than TT$600 million from CL subsidiary CLICO.

(Trinidad Express) In an effort to stymie the brain drain, the government has put various incentives in place to encourage emigrants to return home, Labour Minister Errol McLeod has said.

(Reuters) – Cricket Australia have appointed fast bowling great Dennis Lillee as an advisor, days after spinner Shane Warne panned the board and said cricket people needed to be running the team rather than ‘muppets’.

DAKAR,  (Reuters) – The vast majority of Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts in state and private collections appear to be unharmed after the Malian Saharan city’s 10-month occupation by Islamist rebel fighters, who burnt some of the scripts, experts said today.

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health has suspended its Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination programme for young girls at the primary and secondary schools following pressure from denominational school boards.

General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Oscar Clarke was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last night after he sustained three gunshot wounds attempting to fend off home invaders.

Schoolchildren of Windsor Forest Primary on their playground today. Improvements to the tune of $5M were carried out at the school by the Chinese company CHEC.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadians will be going to the polls on Thursday, February 21.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the 2013 window for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Turks and Caicos Government has now filed a formal request to Brazilian authorities for the extradition of former premier Michael Misick.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called on Congress today to make good on plans to overhaul the U.S.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Hugo Chavez is upbeat about recovering from cancer and confident in his medical team, his No.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, who is in T&T attending the 2013 Energy Conference, warned yesterday T&T’s high crime rate could affect investments and the economy.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy was earlier today admitted to the Georgetown Hospital after he collapsed while at his office.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – At least 65 people, apparently shot in the head, were found dead with their hands bound in a district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo today, activists said.

HARARE, (Reuters) – A draft constitution in Zimbabwe that paves the way for an election this year curbs presidential powers and strengthens cabinet and parliament, which have been weakened under veteran President Robert Mugabe’s rule.

Marking 20 years of service in Guyana, GENERAL EQUIPMENT GUYANA Ltd, headed by Renger van Dijk , donated 1 million dollars earlier this month towards the rehabilitation of the St.