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(Trinidad Guardian) Prisoners from the remand section of the Port-of-Spain jail and the Maximum Security Prison in Golden Grove, Arouca, were absent from the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday, because of a chicken pox outbreak.

(Jamaica Observer) RBC Royal Bank Jamaica (RBCJ) plans to close four branches and lay off 10 per cent of its staff.

Five agricultural groups from across the country yesterday received grant funding worth a total of $10.3M under the government’s Rural Enterprise & Agricultural Development Project.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Police raided a restaurant near Moscow and arrested four alleged crime bosses and 19 others as they met to plan strategy after the killing of a criminal godfather known as Grandpa Hassan, the interior ministry said today.

The Ministry of Public Works has issued a high tide alert and says that Monday’s and Tuesday’s tides will be the highest.

(Jamaica Observer) A clergyman who has been accused of thrashing his St Catherine church is adamant that he is the victim of an evil plot by his former flock who, he believes, have been influenced by the devil to tarnish his name.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 30-year-old man was yesterday picked up by the police in connection with an alleged hacking of telecommunications company Digicel’s database.

(Barbados Nation) Want to win over an audience of women? Tell them you’ve had your heart broken a time or two.

(Reuters) – David Warner’s unbeaten 90 went in vain as Sri Lanka beat Australia by five wickets in the first Twenty20 International today to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in his “best moment” since undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba 45 days ago, the vice president said today, adding Chavez has made important economic decisions to strengthen exports.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka retained her Australian Open title today with a tense 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory over China’s Li Na, who suffered a sickening ankle injury in the second set and hit her head in the third when she twisted the joint for a second time.

(Reuters) – At least 22 people died today when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, adding to bloody street turmoil confronting Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

(Barbados Nation) Nicholas Jordan came to Barbados 11 years ago to be with his relatives and to make a better life for himself.

(Reuters) – A son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi allegedly received 120 million euros ($162 million) in bribes for giving major contracts in Libya to SNC-Lavalin Inc , Canada’s biggest engineering and construction company, a police document said on Friday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A jail riot in southwestern Venezuela killed dozens of people on Friday, local media reported, the latest incident in the ongoing crisis in the South American nation’s crowded prisons.

Widow Gomattie Thomas speaking at the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the Lusignan massacre last evening.

St Kitts PM Denzil Douglas tonight announced that Senior Minister Timothy Harris had been dismissed for undermining the ability of the government to discharge its

On 22nd January 2013, the Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of APNU, David A.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – If Suriname does not involve a large international accounting firm in the gold deals, it risks losing the profits, since they will be taken abroad, says fiscal jurist Robby Makka.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Eight-times grand slam champion Andre Agassi has been amazed by the soaring quality of men’s tennis since he retired and believes he would struggle to compete in what he believes is a golden age of men’s tennis.