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(Trinidad Express) An elderly woman was found murdered in her home at Chaguanas today.

  LONDON,  CMC – Veteran stroke-maker Marlon Samuels has praised the West Indies side for their dramatic comeback in the ongoing Test series against England, and has also defended them against unfair criticism from pundits in the media.

(Reuters) Hurricane Irma, barreling towards the Caribbean and the southern United States, was upgraded to a powerful Category 4 storm yesterday as islands in its path braced themselves.

(Trinidad Guardian) The people of Trinidad and Tobago have become quitters and cowards and it is high time now that they take back the country from the hands of criminals.

(ESPN) On a night when Barbados Tridents needed to win by a record-breaking margin in order to make the CPL 2017 playoffs, it was St Kitts & Nevis Patriots who instead created several fresh pages in the CPL record books, in a 10-wicket mauling of the home team at the Kensington Oval.

A storm at Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke Highway this afternoon uprooted several utility poles and trees and wreaked havoc on the property of residents there and at the Splashmins Resort.

(ESPN Cricinfo) Wayne Parnell’s terrific display with bat and ball hauled Barbados Tridents to a 16-run win over table-toppers Trinbago Knight Riders at Kensington Oval.

  SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test today, which it said was an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its allies.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former director of the National Museum and Art Gallery and well known patriot, Dr Claire Broadbridge, 80, was found brutally murdered at her St Ann’s home last evening.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) this evening said it is working with operators on the restoration of interior shuttling flights which were suspended on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said it had no evidence to support the unsubstantiated claim made in March by President Donald Trump that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Collision at Friendship, East Bank Demerara this morning. There was no fatality.

(Trinidad Guardian) “I have no doubt justice will prevail in this matter and I will emerge victorious,” former People’s Partnership (PP) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan told reporters following his first court appearence yesterday on charges of misbehaviour in public office and obstruction of justice.

Guyana Amazon Warriors’ surge toward the final CPL playoff berth continued on Friday night at Sabina Park as they walloped the Jamaica Tallawahs by nine wickets.

Over sixty Public Sector officials yesterday, completed the fourth edition of Spanish as a Foreign Language course conducted by Professor Nelson Giraldo, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is still to make a profit after five years of operations.

A 20-year-old unemployed `A’ Field Sophia man is in custody and assisting with the investigation into the alleged murder of his one and a half years old niece, Ronasha Pilgrim of 98 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown which occurred between 3.30 and 4 this morning, at the said address.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a surprise move yesterday evening, former banker Robert Le Hunte was sworn in as a Senator and Minister of Public Utilities for the second time in the space of a week.

(ESPN) Dwayne Smith’s second century of CPL 2017 kept the playoff hopes afloat for Barbados Tridents as they held off a furious charge from St Lucia Stars to win by 29 runs at Kensington Oval.

  (Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court today declared President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win invalid due to irregularities committed by the election board and ordered a new vote in 60 days.