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(Barbados Nation) REDjet’s last plane  left Barbados yesterday afternoon, hours after the court gave the company the all-clear to fly its aircraft to the United States where they will be sold to help repay creditors.

(Trinidad Express) A woman six months pregnant with twins denied yesterday that she had neglected her five children or brought harm to them when she left them home alone a year ago.

(Trinidad Express) Defending the decision taken while she was Education Minister to remove corporal punishment from schools, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said education and the learning environment should never cause intimidation.

(Trinidad Express) Two of this country’s commercial banks have been issued subpoenas as an attempt is being made to piece together a paper trail in order to determine exactly how millions of dollars were withdrawn from accounts of the Hindu Credit Union.

(Trinidad Express) Food vendor Colin Baptiste, who witnessed a double murder two years ago, was shot dead near his workplace in San Fernando on Sunday night.

(WICB) BIRMINGHAM, England – Darren Sammy identified the consistent failure to win the key moments in another competitive series for West Indies led to their 2-0 Test series defeat against England.

(Trinidad Express) The four men accused of attempting to rob the Bank of Baroda last Wednesday, yesterday had a total of 44 charges read to them when they appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court.

(Trinidad Express) Local history was made yesterday when 71-year-old Grace Pierre-Holder became the oldest person to be jailed for attempting to leave Piarco International Airport with cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking 12 years ago.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England cricket captain Ian Botham wants to encourage children from tough urban areas to play the game by promoting a condensed form tailored for school gyms or basketball courts.

(Trinidad Express) The Jamaica Gleaner online edition reported last night that a body believed to be of Michelle Coudray-Greaves had been found yesterday afternoon, burnt beyond recognition.

(Barbados Nation) A mountain of debt is hanging over Barbados and some of its Caribbean neighbours, sapping government revenues and retarding economic and social expansion.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) this morning handed down a ruling giving representatives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) more time to appeal a decision by Chief Justice Ian Chang to throw out their application challenging the establishment of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to run the affairs of cricket in Guyana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron accidentally left his daughter behind in a country pub after a Sunday lunch with friends following a mix-up over which car she was meant to be going home in, his Downing Street office said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) United Nations’ resident co-ordinator Marcia de Castro says T&T has a lot to be proud of after 50 years of independence but a lot of the strides the country has made can be lost if crime is not addressed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Roman Catholic (RC) Archbishop Joseph Harris is calling on citizens to resist moves to accept homosexuality.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Deputy Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds yesterday said three-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will be criminally charged if investigations suggest that he is at fault following yesterday’s motor vehicle accident in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Frightened by the sudden and unexplained disappearance of her 39-year-old daughter, Marlene Coudray, the Mayor of San Fernando, in Trinidad, is expected to arrive in Jamaica today, to join in the search for her missing child, Michelle Coudray.

(Barbados Nation) The lawyer representing insolvent airline REDjet was up to last night fighting a court injunction granted to one of its creditors, Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) Inc.,

BIRMINGHAM, England,  CMC – The third and final Test between England and West Indies finished in a no decision after rain forced the abandonment of the final day at Edgbaston here today.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  CMC – Wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin has been slapped with a fine by the International Cricket Council for his controversial jibe at Sir Vivian Richards while celebrating his century on yesterday’s penultimate day of the final Test against England.