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EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo was yesterday arrested in Brooklyn, New York on a charge of embezzlement from his former employer.

The police say they are investigating the murder of miner Richard Joseph, 21 years, of Pomeroon River, which occurred at about 2300h on Tuesday at Monesee Backdam, Port Kaituma, NWD.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke recently joined with cane farmers in bashing the business practices of Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC), whose operations appear to diverge from traditional commercial arrangements.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to sit in Jamaica for the first time from March 4 – 12 to hear the Shanique Myrie case.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala said today it would deport to the United States software pioneer John McAfee, a former Silicon Valley millionaire who is wanted for questioning in Belize over the murder of a fellow American.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in a “complex” and delicate condition after his latest surgery for cancer in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today.

The `Summer Bliss’ from which 476 pounds of gold was seized by armed gunmen, moments after it moored in Curacao, was last in Guyana on June 19 this year and up to now local authorities have been unable to track down its owner, Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell said this morning.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) today said that that due to voltage fluctuations on the West Coast of Demerara, customers served by four GWI water production facilities are experiencing low service levels.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Four Surinamese lumber firms have received financial support from the Inter American Development Bank (IDB).

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Ministry of Defence wants to restore conscription in 2013 to attract 400 men.

(Trinidad Express) Doctors at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) reported yesterday that week-old baby Jinayah was well on her way to recovery after being bitten by her father on Sunday at their East Dry River, Port of Spain home.

MARRAKECH, Morocco,  (Reuters) – The leader of Syria’s opposition coalition called on the country’s Alawite minority today to launch a campaign of civil disobedience against President Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite who faces a mainly Sunni Muslim uprising against his rule.

(Trinidad Express) “I am very sorry for what has happened. I think he is a great musical icon.

(Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket has publicly apologised to Ross Taylor for its poor handling of the former captain’s demotion.

MARRAKECH, Morocco,  (Reuters) – World powers sympathetic to Syria’s uprising against President Bashar al-Assad gave full political recognition today to the opposition, reflecting a hardening consensus that the 20-month-old uprising might be nearing a tipping point.

(Trinidad Express) A 36-year-old mother of three was yesterday chopped to death at her Tobago home by her ex-lover—who then killed himself.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles, died in Southern California yesterday, his family said.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – North Korea launched a rocket today and the missile appears to have passed over Okinawa, Japan’s government said.

The Government of Guyana today released a document which it has presented to the international community in which it says that Guyana is “under threat” because of the policies and postures of the opposition.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush has been released from police custody on overnight bail.