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Thirteen-year-old Dexter Marshall of Two Friends, Anns Grove was this morning reportedly electrocuted while riding on a Merry Go Round at a Fair in the village which he left to go to without his mother’s knowledge.

At least 27 people were killed in a major road accident in Haiti when a truck carrying people overturned on a highway south of Haiti’s capital, hospital officials said, according to the French news agency AFP.

(Jamaica Gleaner)  Legal challenges being brought by convicted criminals in the United Kingdom (UK) have resulted in a reduction in the number of Jamaicans being deported from that country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was scheduled to return to Cuba today for a third round of radiotherapy to treat a recurrence of his cancer.

(Barbados Nation) Jamaican hotel magnate Gordon “Butch” Stewart is making a second play for another 30-acre property in Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) A former coast guard member was one of two men remanded to Dodds Prisons in St Philip yesterday on four drug charges.

(Trinidad Express) A Chinese national has been kidnapped. Reports are that around 10 a.m.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has said people will be fired from one of two Government ministries or the St Ann’s Hospital if his investigation into the Cheryl Miller affair proves there was a breach of protocol in either how she was admitted to the hospital or how she was released from the facility.

(Reuters) – Kirk Edwards and Kraigg Braithwaite both made half-centuries as West Indies reached 179 for three in the first test against Australia on Saturday when play was abandoned for the day because of rain.

Last year 489 children were moved from abusive situations, according to Finance Minister Ashni Singh.

Police say that at about 0200h today, ranks of a mobile police patrol at Lethem were alerted by the sound of a gunshot in the vicinity of a night spot.

St Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has sought to dispel widespread rumours that he is receiving treatment for cancer, the Caribbean Media Corporation has reported.

The AFC says it has indisputable evidence of the “wanton disregard of proper factory practices, and rampant maladministration at each of the sugar factories in the sugar sector.”

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – NBC News has fired a producer following a probe into its broadcasting of a misleading edit of an audio clip of a 911 emergency response call during coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting, two sources at the network said.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian government could force fixed-line telephone companies to lower rates and invest in expanding their network in order to ensure affordable service for the lower classes, according to a report published today.

Amid ongoing concerns about environmental safeguards for offshore oil drilling, the Ministry of Natural Resources says measures are in place including compensation for the affected party.

ABC San Francisco affiliate KGO-TV is reporting that the children of one of the victims of the Oikos University shootings, Guyanese Judith Seymour, are struggling to fulfill their mother’s last wishes.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s National Senior Men’s team, the Reggae Boyz, will play next in Jamaica against the National team of Guyana, the Golden Jaguars, on Friday, May 18 at 8:00 pm at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says her administration will be pursuing more stringent measures in dealing with the sexual abuse of children, including harsher penalties for parents and guardians.

(Barbados Nation) Greater access to condoms and more openness about sex is needed in Barbados and the region, says a top ranking United Nations official.