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(Jamaica Gleaner) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Homicide detectives were last night working feverishly to make a breakthrough in the brutal murder of 51-year-old gas station manager Michael Small, who was gunned down at his Porto Bello residence is St James on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) Police officers should be allowed to take home their police cars and service pistols, National Security Minister Jack Warner has said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title with an explosive start and a fighting finish to beat Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 5-7 6-2 today.

The Mirror newspaper, the semi-official organ of the ruling PPP, made no reference in this week’s edition to the stunning resignation of longtime executive Ralph Ramkarran.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Syria’s conflict spilled further into Lebanon today when mortar fire from President Bashar al-Assad’s forces hit villages in the north, killing five people after rebels crossed the border to seek refuge, residents said.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – At least 99 people were killed in floods and landslides in southern Russia after two months’ average rainfall fell in a few hours overnight, police and emergency officials said today.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Jack Warner yesterday said he planned to take a special initiative for Cabinet approval that will allow US forces to patrol the country’s maritime borders.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green has left the island with a parting shot aimed at the political directorate.

(Jamaica Gleaner) National Security Minister Peter Bunting has confirmed that the Government has special plans for Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Justin Felice after his contract expires later this year.

(Trinidad Express) Customers at commercial banks across the country have been targeted by technologically well-equipped thieves.

Amid mounting pressure and the prospect of street protests, the Antigua government yesterday announced that it had set up a ministerial sub-committee to consider a request by the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) for a probe into the controversial Chinese built US$47M Wadadli Power Plant.

Two motions will be moved in Parliament on Thursday, July 12 honouring the service to the National Assembly by former long-serving members Reepu Daman Persaud and Robert Corbin, according to the Order Paper for the session.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Nightclub operator Hermalinda Parker was today granted bail in the sum of J$3 million with sureties on human trafficking charges.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara has knocked veteran West Indies left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul off the top of the International Cricket Council’s Test batting rankings.

(WICB) Kingston, Jamaica — Dwayne Smith gave West Indies fans a taste of what he is capable of on Thursday as he joined Chris Gayle in a boundary-hitting blow-out against the New Zealand bowlers at Sabina Park.

(Barbados Nation) He still has another six months before he takes over as chairman of CARICOM, but Haiti’s President Michel Martelly already has plans to ensure that under his leadership his French island becomes fully integrated into the 15-member grouping.

The PNCR today said that APNU leader David Granger received the most group nominations for the post of party leader to be decided at the upcoming congress.

Just days after he was elected as Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Yog Mahadeo today tendered his resignation, the latest shock connected to a shake-up at GT&T which also saw him quitting his post there as Chief Executive Officer last Friday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Andy Murray consigned one of Wimbledon’s long-standing statistics to the scrapheap when he became the first Briton to reach the All England Club men’s final in 74 years with a 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 win over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga today.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Guyana last year was estimated at US$165M, according to the World Investment Report for 2012 up from the US$154M the previous year but far below neighbouring Suriname which pulled in US$585M.