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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Retired Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg hailed his former Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday for a ‘supreme’ performance in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying.

    Minister of Finance,  Winston Jordan last evening hosted a cocktail reception in honour of Julie Katzman, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Inter – American Development Bank (IDB), a press release from the ministry said tonight.

Horse cart racing on the East Coast Highway at 5 pm today.

A post-mortem examination was conducted on the bodies of Constance Fraser and Phyllis Caesar today at 9.30 am by Government Pathologist, Dr.

Via a Special Purpose Unit (SPU), the government holding company, NICIL is inviting `Letters of Interest’ in the privatisation and/or diversification of the Skeldon, Rose Hall, Wales and East Demerara `Enmore’ sugar estates.

Prompt and spirited action by a resident of the Soesdyke/Linden area has led to the recapture of prison escapee Dellon Blake who escaped from lawful custody at the Lusignan Prison on October 04, 2017.

  OSLO/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee, warning of a rising risk of nuclear war and the spread of weapons to North Korea, awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to a little-known campaign group seeking a global ban on nuclear arms.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former CL Financial (CLF) executive chairman Lawrence Duprey is being sued by a former subsidiary in The Bahamas for US$122 million, over a failed land development in Florida.

  SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nate unleashed intense rainfall across much of Central America today, leaving at least three dead in Costa Rica and several missing in neighbouring Nicaragua, according to local officials.

  STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of “The Remains of the Day”, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for a run of “exquisite” novels that the award body said mixed Franz Kafka with Jane Austen.

  The body of the man believed to have murdered policewoman Kenesha Sheriff Fraser has been found hanging from a tree at Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice and her relatives are baffled.

ExxonMobil Corporation today announced it made a fifth new oil discovery after drilling the Turbot-1 well offshore Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) Dominica is in urgent need of heavy equipment to clear “thousands of tonnes of debris,” roadways and landslips that continue to hamper relief efforts.

  Noting that Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling does not prohibit him from choosing a `fit and proper’ person for GECOM Chairperson, President David Granger said today that he is still studying the list of nominees and intends to meet Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo in the near future.

The River View, Ruimveldt koker failed to close last night, flooding River View and surrounding communities when the tide rose early this morning.

Rape accused Dellon Blake, 35, has escaped from Holding Bay 2 at the Lusignan Prison.

A Port Kaituma businessman was shot dead last evening in circumstances that are still being investigated, Commander of F Division Ravindranauth Budhram said this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six small casino owners have decided to immediately close down their businesses and send home their workers due to the announcement of an increase in gaming taxes by Finance Minister Colm Imbert.

President David Granger on Monday met with Country Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Sophie Makonnen and a team of technical officers to discuss the effective execution of Public Sector Investment Projects (PSIPs).

  WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats after pulling more than half of its own embassy staff out of Havana last week, further escalating tensions between the United States and Cuba.