Staff Editor

Twenty-one-year-old Damian La Rose was murdered last night in  Moruca, North West District.

(Trinidad Express) Transport hubs and supermarkets were jam packed, off-shore oil and gas facilities evacuated and some events were cancelled yesterday as nationals braced themselves for Tropical Storm Tomas, which was heading towards the Caribbean last night.

(Barbados Nation) A national shutdown order has been issued and all Barbadians must be indoors by 12:30 a.m.

The severe weather system headed in this direction has now been declared as Tropical Storm Tomas and it could reach hurricane strength on Sunday.

Three employees of the Demerara Oxygen Company Limited (DOCOL) were injured this afternoon following an explosion at the company’s East Bank Demerara location, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shameer Hoosein has confirmed.

WASHINGTON/LONDON, (Reuters) – Security officials in  Britain and Dubai intercepted parcel bombs being sent from  Yemen to the United States in a “credible terrorist threat,”  President Barack Obama said today.

A major accident  this afternoon at No.19 Village, Corentyne claimed the lives of 12 including a two-month-old, the police said.

NAGOYA, Japan, (Reuters) – Delegates from nearly 200  nations agreed today to a sweeping plan to stem the loss of  species by setting new 2020 targets to ensure greater protection  of nature and enshrine the benefits it gives mankind.

The body of a woman was found in a pit latrine at her Patentia, West Bank Demerara residence yesterday afternoon and police said her death may have been as a result of a fall but are awaiting the result of a post-mortem examination.

(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has successfully overcome her physical challenges to graduate from the University of the West Indies (UWI) with a Bachelors of Science Degree.

R. Allen Stanford’s attorney Robert S. Bennett was removed from his criminal-defence trial team yesterday by a federal judge after the indicted financier was declared unable to pay him or any private lawyer, according to Bloomberg.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs on Wednesday made an appeal to members of the public to assist in weeding out rogue elements within the Police Service.

A potent tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean may cause thunder, lightning and periods of heavy rainfall in Guyana during the next 36 to 48 hours, Chief Hydromet Officer Bhaleka Seulall says.

A US woman, Shatise Atina Valentine was today remanded to prison accused of having seven kilogrammes of cocaine in her possession at the Cheddi jagan International Airport, Timheri.

Traffic backed up at Annandale on the East Coast during rush hour today.

Three to a bike…this family photo was taken on the East Coast Embankment today

A post-mortem examination performed today on the body of Radian Wilson, the two-year-old boy who was left locked in a vehicle for several hours, showed that he died of a sunstroke.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced a US$9.5M loan for Guyana’s sewerage system.

Bygeval Multilateral was today declared the winner of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) Hydroponics Competition for secondary schools.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Guyana) through its Governance Enhancement Project (GEP) yesterday awarded grants in the amount of US$58,600 to three Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), to implement domestic violence issue-based activities in Regions 4, 6 and 8.