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The Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) has appointed  Mohindra (Neil) Chand as its new President.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler is one man in Dr DeLisle Worrell’s corner as the Opposition party ramps up its calls for him to resign.

A small section of the Demerara Habour Bridge this morning  sank causing all traffic to be halted.

(Barbados Nation) Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite believes the introduction of unmanned surveillance drones would be a useful addition to the arsenal being used to fight the illegal drug trade in Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean.

The still-explosive situation in Linden, Guyana which claimed three lives and left a significant number injured, should serve as a warning to all Trinidad and Tobago.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – At least 107 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq today, a day after 20 died in explosions, in a coordinated surge of violence against mostly Shi’ite Muslim targets.

(Trinidad Express) An attempt to get help for his uncle, who was shot during an attempted robbery, ended in the death of a 14-year-old boy at the hands of a gunman on Saturday night.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Lenico Boucher’s unbeaten century fired Barbados to their second straight win while Windward Island produced yet another brilliant run chase to also post their second victory, on the final day of the second round of matches in the West Indies Cricket Board Under-15 Championship here today.

Police say that at about 1420h today, the body of Rohanie Tagwattie, 22 years of Anna Regina Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was found in a canal in the backlands of Riverstown, Essequibo, while the body of Rabinandan Radahar, 23 years of Riverstown was found hanging from a tree.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – One of Cuba’s best-known dissidents, Oswaldo Paya, leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, died today in a car crash, religious and dissident sources said.

It is now five days since the deadly events in Linden, in which three men were shot dead by the police during a day of community protest.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Elton John has scored his first number one album in 22 years, an electronic reworking of his hit songs, while Florence and the Machine clung to top spot in the singles chart for a second week running, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.

(Barbados Nation) He’s a former homosexual now turned preacher, and he is waging war in a battle to help others.

(WICB) St. John’s, Antigua – The Selection Committee of the West Indies Cricket Board today announced the 13-member squad for the first Digicel Test against New Zealand, starting on Wednesday, July 25, at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez compared his election rival to “far-right” U.S.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Pranab Mukherjee, a former finance minister of India and senior leader of the ruling Congress party, has been elected as the new president, a government official said today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Triple centurion Hashim Amla hit the highest test score by a South African as he and Jacques Kallis took their side to a commanding 637 for two declared against England at tea on day four of the first test at The Oval on Sunday.

The AFC says that the possibility of protracted arguments over the eligibility of persons to sit on the Commission of Enquiry into the shooting of Linden protestors is real and significant and this is why the party is advocating for a full international Commission.

(Barbados Nation) The police have arrested and jointly charged four men with several drug offences as a result of the seizure of 14 taped packages of cannabis, weighing 825 pounds by the RBPF Drug Squad at sea about 9 nautical miles off Needhams Point, St.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour de France when he claimed the 99th edition of the greatest cycling race today.