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(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The court martial has no choice but to apply the Amnesty Act and end proceedings against Desi Bouterse and other suspects in the December murders trial, as it has no authority to rule on the applicability of laws, jurist Jennifer van Dijk-Silos tells de Ware Tijd.

(Jamaica Observer) YORK, Westmoreland — Eleven-year-old Ricardo Dove was shot dead by gunmen who invaded his home in this quiet farming community on Monday night.

(Jamaica Observer) Digicel snarled back at the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) yesterday, accusing the government body — which launched an armed raid on the cellphone operator’s offices last week — of “utter and complete incompetence”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A former Jamaican policeman has lost an appeal to prevent his extradition from New York.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Chinese investor in Jamaica’s sugar sector has leveled serious allegations against several players in the industry.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc has been sent home from Britain after just three days because of a foul-up with his visa.

(Barbados Nation) Just when Trinidadian company Neal & Massy is taking heat for its decision to close Almond Beach Village, another Trinidadian investor is about to pump Bds$20 million into the Barbados economy.

(Barbados Nation) Two government ministers soundly criticized Barbados Workers’ Union general secretary Sir Roy Trotman on the floor of Parliament yesterday for calling an employer an “Egyptian Jew”.

(Trinidad Express) West Indies allrounder Narsingh Deonarine will most likely miss the regional team’s warm-up match against England Lions at Northampton, starting tomorrow as he continues to wait for a United Kingdom travel visa in Jamaica.

INDIANAPOLIS,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate and leading foreign policy voice, was defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed challenger today, the first Senate incumbent ousted in the 2012 election year.

Preliminary investigations into the murder of taxi driver Rajendra Puran do not point in the direction of a carjacking and police are on the hunt for several of his associates, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said today.

Joseph Taylor who was wanted by the police in relation to the attempted murder of Euricka Garraway on 2012-04-04, turned himself in to the police today.

Police today said that Paul Azar of 38 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following investigations into an accident that occurred on November 30, 2011 at Main Road, New Amsterdam, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Mignauth Sumrah of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam.

(Barbados Nation) Barbadian chart-topping group Cover Drive yesterday released their first album, Bajan Style, featuring 18 tracks including latest single Sparks, and chart-riders Twilight and Lick Ya Down.

The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) of St Vincent today dismissed reports of volcanic activity at the La Soufriere volcano saying that the stormy weather across the Caribbean may be responsible for the panic among nationals.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc is informing consumers in the Demerara Interconnected System (DIS) that supply to sections of the East Coast and Georgetown was adversely affected yesterday as a result of an intermittent problem  which caused the inadvertent tripping of the circuit breaker linking two  5.5MW generators at the Garden of Eden Wartsila  plant to the system.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a unity government today in a surprise move that could give him a freer hand to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and seek peace with the Palestinians.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The People’s National Party (PNP) says it has no record of having received any donation from former Olint boss David Smith.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados will borrow over Bds$250 million from the Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank in an effort to make itself energy-efficient and cut the country’s high fuel import bill, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.

(Barbados Nation) Another Irishman has taken over control of grounded Barbadian-based carrier REDjet, while outspoken businessman Ralph “Bizzy” Williams has quietly departed the airline’s board.