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A father of three died this morning and another is in critical condition after a speeding car slammed into them on the Wales Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD) last night.

(Jamaica Observer) A 24-year-old song writer of a Waltham Park Kingston address has been sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labour over what has been described as “a crime of passion”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former High Commissioner to London, Anthony Johnson, refused to submit his resignation to the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the change of political administration in early January.

(Jamaica Gleaner) As part of his mandate to place special emphasis on early-childhood education, Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has announced that some 50 early-childhood facilities will be constructed across the island over the coming months.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Relations between Suriname and Brazil are at unprecedented heights in terms of the fields of cooperation including energy, the agrarian sector, government policy and social development, says Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Ronnie Brunswijk, chair A Combinatie will continue to back Desi Bouterse until 2030, adding that his cooperation with his firmer adversary is meant to demonstrate true peace to the Surinamese society.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Roman Catholic bishop Wilhelmus de Bekker claims that President Desi Bouterse has issued unfounded accusations of his participation in the protest march against the adopted Amnesty Act.

(Jamaica Observer) More women are cheating on their partners, a feature of changing gender roles in the Caribbean, according to a tri-nation study carried out in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

(Barbados Nation) Veteran sports journalist Trevor Thorpe and a law enforcement officer remain hospitalized after being struck by a car at  Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Shakedown Stages Rally in St John yesterday.

(Reuters) – The eighth-seeded Philadelphia 76ers moved within a game of eliminating the injury-depleted Chicago Bulls as they scored their third consecutive victory over the East’s top seeds, winning 89-82 on Sunday.

PPP Executive Ralph Ramkarran in a letter today restated that the Central Committee of the PPP had taken a position against the cut-off of state advertisements to Stabroek News in 2006.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election yesterday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German-led austerity.

The Trinidadian conglomerate, ANSA McAL, is inviting companies and consultants to indicate their interest in providing services as the company moves ahead with its proposed ethanol/sugar project here.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0415h today on the Friendship Public Road, EBD, and which resulted in the death of Richard Smith, 31 years of Barr Street, Kitty.

(Jamaica Observer) Despite two false-starts that he said might have somewhat slowed his star, double world record-holder Usain Bolt made a successful, if somewhat easy start to his competitive season, cruising to a world-leading 9.82 seconds clocking to win the 100 metres at yesterday’s ninth JN Jamaica International Invitational at the National Stadium.

(Jamaica Observer) The mother and stepfather of a 12-year-old girl who is now pregnant, as well as the girl’s 20-year-old boyfriend have been charged with various breaches of the Sexual Offences Act and Child Care and Protection Act, the police reported yesterday.

Police say that at about 0045h today, mechanic Mark Dookhie, 28 years of Aishalton, South Rupununi, was allegedly shot to his back with an arrow by a man with whom he earlier had an argument while they were imbibing.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is not backing down despite threats of legal action by telecommunications giant Digicel following a raid at the company’s New Kingston head office on Friday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Yohan Blake brought the curtains down on the individual events at the JN Jamaica International Invitational World Challenge meet in Kingston with a blistering world-leading 19.91 seconds in the 200m race last evening.

(Trinidad Express) Central Bank governor Ewart Williams is more concerned that the industrial relations climate rather than the current political situation could have more of an impact on investors’ desire to get into the local economy.