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(Trinidad Express) The four police officers who were arrested last week and subsequently charged with kidnapping and robbery made their first appearance before a Port of Spain magistrate on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) After 50 years as an independent nation, this country is still divided by race and politics, Roman Catholic priest Fr Martin Sirju said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The Emancipation Support Committee (ESC) has refused a TT$1 million cheque from the government for Emancipation celebrations as it was not enough.

El PASO, Texas (Reuters) – Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played George Jefferson on television in “The Jeffersons,” a 1970s sitcom that was one of the first to focus on a black family, has died at age 74 in El Paso, Texas, his representative said.

(WICB) North Sound, Antigua – Shivnarine Chanderpaul said today that he totally enjoys every moment on the cricket field and it’s that love for the game which keeps him going day in and day out.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-West Indies Off-spinner Sunil Narine has broken into the top 20 for the first time in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers.

The Guyana Police Force says it is informing the general public that approval has been given for the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to hold a march tomorrow, Wednesday July 25, 2012, commencing at 1200h.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – The danger of one inadvertent twitch ruining the greatest day of a sprinter’s life has been removed after athletics’ governing body softened the rules on false starts ahead of the London Olympics.

In a sign of the ground-breaking nature of a recent court ruling which said that the GT&T monopoly was unlawful, Digicel this afternoon announced that international calling rates will be slashed by up to 88%.

The police say they are investigating the death of Ajay Suraj, 6 years, of Sixth Street, Islington, East Bank Berbice, which occurred at about 1045h today.

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(Reuters) – Geoffrey Boycott has criticised England’s batsmen after their first-test defeat to South Africa, saying they forgot about defence in the pursuit of their ambition to score runs.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Michael Frater “wouldn’t bet against” Usain Bolt retaining his Olympic 100 metres title in London, despite lingering concerns over his fitness and the threat to his track supremacy from compatriot Yohan Blake.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana’s President John Atta Mills has died unexpectedly, a presidential statement said, and an aide said his death occurred today after he took ill on Monday night.

A Partnership for National Unity today called for a ‘Day of Mourning’ on Wednesday 25th July, over the killing by the Guyana Police Force of three men and injury to others last Wednesday.

Ulric Michael, one of the Linden protestors who was shot and wounded by the police last Wednesday was this morning air-dashed to the city on a GDF helicopter after his condition took a turn for the worse.

(Trinidad Guardian) CIBC First Caribbean and RBC Royal Bank are threatening to appoint a receiver as they try to recover debts of TT$850 million owed to them for the construction of the luxury, high-rise apartment complex, known as the Shorelands Renaissance.

(Jamaica Observer) Head of the Lottery Scam Task Force, Superintendent Leon Clunis, has been marked for death by criminals involved in the illegal activity, the Jamaica Observer has learnt.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) is scheduled to re-open to light traffic tomorrow morning, General Manager Rawlston Adams said today.

(Barbados Nation) If Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite had his way, the Government would not have committed itself to investing in the stalled Four Seasons project.