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Judith Seymour, a Guyanese woman, was among seven persons killed when an enraged former student opened fire at an Oakland, California nursing school on Monday morning.

(Barbados Nation) Employees and shareholders yesterday reacted with shock to news of the impending closure of Almond Beach Village at monthend, which puts more than 500 workers out of work.

(Barbados Nation) REDjet Boss Ian Burns is expecting the low-cost carrier to be flying again soon.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The European Union banned Venezuelan state airline Conviasa today from flying in the 27-nation bloc over safety concerns in a move that Venezuela’s government said was disproportionate.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Kingston businessman Dick Hart was today sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at hard labour for bribing a policeman.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Workers at Caribbean Cement remain off the job this afternoon as discussions continue at the labour ministry over an industrial dispute.

LONDON, (Reuters) – James Murdoch resigned as chairman of BSkyB today to prevent his links to a tabloid phone-hacking scandal from undermining the pay TV group, which has so far escaped the worst of the damage convulsing its controlling shareholder News Corp.

Chief Justice Ian Chang today declined to respond to a raft of withering public criticism at his ruling last Friday in which he dismissed the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge Commissioner of Police Henry Greene with rape.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – A possible conviction of Desi Bouterse, main suspect in the ‘December murders’, will create much unrest in Suriname, and that is why amnesty should be granted for these crimes, so the current positive economic developments may continue, Theo Vishnudatt (MC/NDP), chairman of the reporting committee, told Parliament yesterday.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Yesterday, opposition members, at times supported by some coalition members, tore to pieces the proposed amendment to the 1989 Amnesty Act submitted by some coalition members.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thieves made off with large chunks of a 68-foot metal bridge across the Cap-de-Ville River, Cedros, over the weekend in a brazen theft of material for sale as scrap metal.

Notice has been served by Parliament Office that APNU MP Carl Greenidge will be asking Finance Minister Ashni Singh whether the regulations for the former presidents benefits Act have been presented to Parliament.

Major rehabilitation works including the redesigning and re-engineering of several aspects of the troubled multi-million dollar Skeldon Sugar factory are being planned and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) anticipates a significant increase in production at the factory next year.

(Jamaica Observer) National Integrity Action Limited’s executive director, Professor Trevor Munroe, has been appointed an individual member of Transparency International.

(Barbados Nation) More than a dozen international business companies (IBCs) left Barbados over a two-year period, taking away a quarter of the island’s tax base, says Opposition Leader Owen Arthur.

(Barbados Nation) An international aviation think tank has suggested that Caribbean governments must shoulder some of the blame for REDjet’s demise.

(Trinidad Express) Government’s trumpeted announcement of an oil find is a hoax “in the identical vein” to the assassination plot announced by the Prime Minister last November, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Kentucky overcame an uncharacteristically tepid performance by freshman Anthony Davis to defeat Kansas 67-59 on Monday to win the national basketball championship for the eighth time.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s “best days” are still ahead. And, in order for the country to successfully move forward there must be a level of compromise, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said last night.

Gold miner IAMGOLD through one of its subsidiaries has acquired a number of shares in Stronghold Metals Inc with respect to the Eagle Mountain exploration concession here.