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(Trinidad Express) Tropical Storm Bret has formed east of Trinidad and Tobago, and it is already causing damage.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) have cancelled a number of flights on Monday due to several Caribbean countries being placed under a tropical storm warning.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that it has been brought to its attention that a fake Facebook page has been created, purporting to act officially as the GRA’s Facebook Page.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two cousins were shot dead yesterday stopping Fathers’ Day celebrations in Salybia.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The death toll in the fire that ravaged a London tower block last week has risen to 79, police said today, and the government said it was working to get a public inquiry into the disaster up and running promptly.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan says that the snags encountered during the investigation of an alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger led the country’s leader to order a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the matter.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Selectors have named an unchanged 13-man West Indies squad to face India in the opening doubleheader of the five-match one-day series starting here next Friday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Amir shone as Pakistan defied the odds to overwhelm arch-rivals India by 180 runs and pull off a major upset in the Champions Trophy final at The Oval today.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The newly opend Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Trinidad will host the finals of the 2017 Caribbean Premier League in September, organisers confirmed Saturday.

The WPA remains a key member of the governing coalition, according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon.

NORRISTOWN, Pa., (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Saturday declared a mistrial in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case after the jury said it could not reach a verdict, but prosecutors vowed to retry the case and the disgraced entertainer still faces a slew of civil lawsuits.

(Trinidad Guardian) Speculation that a Chinese mafia operating in T&T ordered the hit on the lives on Chinese nationals Shirui Zhao and Yangli Gu is one of the theories being investigated by police.

Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Agency (CANU) James Singh was yesterday officially notified of his removal from that past which has resulted from recommendations made by President David Granger as well as a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recently conducted into the unit’s role in the interception and subsequent release of a cocaine-laden vessel.

(Reuters) Exxon Mobil Corp said today it and partners would spend US$4.4 billion to develop part of the Liza oilfield off the coast of Guyana, approving a megaproject at a time when the oil industry has grown obsessed with lower-cost shale.

The police say they are making stringent efforts to apprehend two male suspects, one of whom is alleged to have  murdered 40-year-old miner Orlando LaCruz of Pomeroon River.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen shot and killed a man and a woman in a car outside a restaurant in Marabella on Thursday.

President David Granger last night saluted Britain’s support for the development of Guyana’s security sector and its struggle to preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Ministry of Natural Resources today approved the ExxonMobil Liza Phase 1 development plan and issued a production licence for the Liza field, a release from the Ministry said this evening.

The Guyana Police Force says it has recorded a 5% decrease in serious crimes at the end of May, 2017 relative to the same period last year.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Stumper-batsman Rishabh Pant and left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav were named in India’s limited-overs squad on Thursday for the team’s tour of West Indies later this month.