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(Trinidad Express) Her killer used a heavy piece of wood, likely a two-by-four, to beat Kelly Ann Clarke to death.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says CARICOM could proceed with a legal challenge to Cricket West Indies’ right to manage the sport in the Caribbean, in an unprecedented test of the body’s longstanding authority.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a top contender to win next year’s presidential election, was convicted on corruption charges today and sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

The police force is currently combing the backlands of Buxton, East Coast Demerara for escapees from Sunday’s prison revolt.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Karen Cummings (right) and Director of Prisons (ag), Gladwyn Samuels today visited Hubert Trim, a Prison Warden injured during Sunday’s revolt at the  Camp Street Prison.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today defended his eldest son as “innocent” following emails that showed Donald Trump Jr.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is advising the general public, particularly those living in close proximity, that construction works will be ongoing over the next 72 hours at the Camp Street Prison.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Tedroy James, age unknown, a route 32 minibus driver which occurred about 11:30hrs today at McDoom Public Road, East Bank Demerara, during which several passengers were robbed of personal items.

The number of prisoners missing from the Camp Street Prison following Sunday’s breakout stands at eight, Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels today told Stabroek News.

Matthew Shivtahal, the taxi driver who says he was abducted by the prison escapees on Sunday in the vicinity of the Camp Street jail  is grateful to be alive but says he is fearful for his life.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the Prisons Officers Association, Ceron Richards, fears that Sunday’s jailbreak in Guyana is a disaster waiting to happen at the Port-of-Spain State Prison.

Following yesterday’s Camp Street Prison riot, the Government has approved the immediate implementation of a four-part emergency plan, which includes the erection of temporary structures to house the displaced prisoners, the completion of a recovery operation to account for every single prisoner, implementation of legal measures to immediately reduce the prison population and the immediate apprehension of the five inmates, who escaped.

Thus far the authorities have not reported the recapture of any of the five prisoners who it is believed fled the Camp Street prison during the fiery mayhem there yesterday afternoon.

The police today issued wanted bulletins for two more escapees from yesterday’s Camp Street prison revolt.

(Department of Public Information) – 16:45- The Director of Prison, Gladwyn Samuels, is informed of disturbance at Georgetown Prison.

The juvenile correctional facility, the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) will now come under the Ministry of Social Protection and not the Ministry of Education.

The launching today of a US$8m IDB-funded project to ease prison overcrowding  has been postponed.

The Police today said that remanded murder accused Shawn Collins, 20, of Lot 6 Ketley and Drysdale streets who escaped whilst being transported with other prisoners to another location last night, was recaptured about 1:50 this morning on Hadfield Street.

(Trinidad Guardian) Majority CL Financial shareholders intend to add two more of their directors to the CLF Board at a special July 26 meeting and they’re prepared to take legal action against Government if it tries to block the meeting, says Carlton Reis.

Five prisoners are believed to be on the loose after yesterday’s Camp Street prison uprising that flattened the country’s main penitentiary.