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(Barbados Nation) The 36 job losses and axing of five senior managers from ANSA McAL Barbados are part of a plan to make the company stronger and protect the jobs of the more than 1 000 employees in the group.

(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese woman and two local men are expected to be taken to court today charged with the murder of Gasparillo engineer Andre Joachim.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India will invite Pakistan for a short series later this year to resume bilateral cricket ties with its neighbour, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said today.

(Trinidad Express) They can run but they cannot hide. This was the warning issued yesterday by Minister of National Security Jack Warner to the killers of Chinese couple Yang Jiang Hua, 59, and Wu Xia Hua, 60, gunned down during a robbery at their Cunupia restaurant last Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) Chinese Ambassador Yang Youming has expressed shock and horror at the killing of two Chinese nationals at their business place in Cunupia last Thursday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Powerhouses Jamaica crushed St Lucia to start their Americas Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) Caribbean Championship on a winning note here Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The national director of epidemiology Dr Manuel Santin Peña has said the cholera outbreak in south-eastern Cuba has not spread to other parts of the island.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The central Jamaica town of Mandeville in Manchester is in shock over the killing of well-known radiologist, Dr Phillip Chamberlain.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – American Danny Garcia knocked out Britain’s Amir Khan in the fourth round to add the WBA light-welterweight crown to his WBC super-lightweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday.

(Barbados Nation) One of Barbados’ wanted men was captured this morning.

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – Doctor and diplomat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of South Africa won a vote today to become the first female head of the African Union Commission, delegates said.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine says he had recognised the importance of Saturday’s fourth One-Day International and had seized the moment.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Fast bowler Tino Best said he knew his second spell in Saturday’s fourth One-Day International against New Zealand would have been crucial to West Indies’ hopes of a victory.

Days away from the PNCR Congress, former Member of Parliament Aubrey Norton has levelled a verbal broadside at Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger for suggesting in his lecture on July 6 that there was no father or mother of the nation in the struggle for independence.

(Trinidad Guardian) One of Colombia’s leading cardiovascular hospitals has extended its services to the Children’s Life Fund, a pet project of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, at a fraction of the cost in the US.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s parliamentary opposition has warned that it will resolutely resist any bid to use the impending opportunity to appoint a new contractor general as a means to silence the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) or reduce the oversight of the Government’s contract awards process.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Financial Investigation Division (FID) of the Ministry of Finance is increasing its effort to secure the forfeiture of J$18 million in local and foreign currencies seized from convicted Matthews Lane strongman, Donald ‘Zeeks’ Phipps in May 2005.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) president Roustan Job says the country is facing a serious literacy problem that it will need to address through specialised programmes.

DAMASCUS,  (Reuters) – Syria denied today accusations by special envoy Kofi Annan that it used heavy weapons or helicopters in clashes in the village of Tremseh last week, saying his comments about the fighting, which activists called a massacre, were “rushed”.

(Trinidad Express) The death of a Chinese businessman and the murder of a Tobago resident have pushed the murder toll to 223 for the year so far.