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SAN JUAN, (Reuters) – Puerto Rico got its third governor in less than a week yesterday just hours after the bankrupt U.S.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo,  (Reuters) – Three Congolese doctors have been arrested for allegedly planning an attack on a hospital that killed a senior World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist involved in the Ebola response, a prosecutor said yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government will skip a round of Norway-brokered talks today and tomorrow to protest a new set of U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Three people have been shot and killed at Pipiol Road, Santa Cruz, a crime hot spot.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday suspended a lower court decision to transfer imprisoned former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the southern city of Curitiba to a penitentiary in the state of Sao Paulo.

ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR, India, (Reuters) – Pakistan said today it would expel India’s ambassador and suspend bilateral trade with its arch-rival after New Delhi stripped its portion of the contested Kashmir region of special status.

 (Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities arrested nearly 700 people at seven agricultural processing plants across Mississippi today in what federal officials said could be the largest worksite enforcement operation in a single state.

ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR, India, (Reuters) – Pakistan said today it would expel India’s ambassador and suspend bilateral trade with its arch-rival after New Delhi stripped its portion of the contested Kashmir region of special status.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Pius Ernest, 32 years, a rancher of Karaudanawa Village, South Rupununi by a 50-year-old  farmer , which occurred about 22:00hrs on 2019-08-05 at Karaudanawa Village, South Rupununi.

(Jamaica Observer) Vershon was denied entry into Bermuda last Friday by immigration officials.

(Trinidad Newsday) A Store Bay man has blamed what he considers to be the slow response of Tobago’s ambulance service for the death of his common-law wife and their unborn child.

(Jamaica Observer) There is growing concerns within the financial sector over the large volumes of hard currency being shipped from Jamaica — upwards of $50 million monthly — which cannot adequately be justified.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Problems with British Airways’ IT systems left thousands of passengers facing flight cancellations, delays and long queues at airports in the airline’s third major computer failure in a little more than two years.

(Jamaica Observer) Approximately 10,000 costumed revellers in 23 bands braved intermittent showers and chipped through the streets of St Michael on the outskirts of the capital Bridgetown for Monday’s Grand Kadooment Day, the climax to Crop Over 2019.

(Trinidad Express) It was no secret that Netanya Mohamdally was a troubled child.

(Jamaica Observer) Rita Marley, who steadfastly developed her husband’s legacy into a multi-million dollar brand, has been awarded the Order of Jamaica in this year’s National Honours and Awards, announced yesterday by the Jamaican government.

(Trinidad Guardian) Min­is­ter of Agri­cul­ture, Lands and Fish­eries said crim­i­nal el­e­ments are mak­ing life dif­fi­cult for le­git­i­mate fish­er­men.

Funds, amounting to some $460 million, have been approved by the Ministry of Finance for use on emergency works to secure vulnerable areas within a 3-kilometre stretch of shoreline between Fairfield and Dantzig, Mahaicony, according to Chief Sea and River Defence Officer Kevin Samad.

A father of two was last evening shot dead at Cemetery Road, Mocha while apparently attempting to fend off robbers.

As part of its audit of the 2018 operations of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Audit Office of Guyana has raised concerns about the disposal of Want of Entry vehicles but Commissioner General (CG) Godfrey Statia has assured that the questions are routine and the procedure used has been above board in every case.