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PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s business community yesterday cheered the Central American country’s decision to establish full diplomatic ties with China and ditch Taiwan, hoping to deepen links with a key customer of the nation’s shipping canal.

(Trinidad Express) A former police prosecutor has been found guilty of raping a then 17-year-old virgin at the police station when she went with her mother to make a report.

WASHINGTON/CINCINNATI,  (Reuters) – Otto Warmbier, an American university student held prisoner in North Korea for 17 months and said by his family to be in a coma, was medically evacuated from the reclusive country after a rare visit there from a high-level U.S.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic Member of Parliament (MP), Harry Gill has accused the head of the Enhancement Programme in Region Five, Abel Seetaram  of abusing his privilege and using the workers to weed his Bath/Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice yard.

(Trinidad Express) Massy Gas Products (Trinidad) maintenance worker, Gary Mohammed, died from ammonia poisoning, his relatives said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A huge fire broke out in a 27-floor block of flats in central London this morning and British police said people were being treated for injuries and residents were being evacuated.

It has been almost two months since 62-year-old Christopher Singh was knocked down and killed on the Rupert Craig Highway and his family is still pleading with the relevant authorities for clarity on whether someone is going to be charged.

(Trinidad Guardian) A bat and ball together cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball.

More nursery and primary students are now befitting from government’s “Read, Play, Love” campaign.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain entered a sixth day of political limbo today with Prime Minister Theresa May yet to seal a deal to prop up her minority government and facing calls to soften her stance on Brexit days before negotiations on leaving the EU begin.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of National Security, Robert Montague has stated that a special team has been dispatched to Hanover following the quadruple murder in the parish yesterday morning.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had tough words for the Cuban government on Tuesday, days before President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to announce a change in policy toward the island.

Former Justice of Appeal of Guyana and The Bahamas, Maurice Churaman has passed away at the age of 82.

The body of a partially decomposed male African was found about 10:30hrs yesterday in a clump of bushes at Long Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway with hands bound behind the back, police say.

(Trinidad Guardian) A co-ordinated Caricom clampdown concerning returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs)— including targeting their assets— is in the works.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is to submit a third list of nominees for Chairman of Gecom to President David Granger and the two men yesterday agreed that a high-level team will be established to explore all modalities for a resolution should this list be rejected.

The Mayor and City Council yesterday voted to give the Metered Parking Committee at least until the end of July to complete the renegotiation process begun a month ago.

The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Education Vibert Welch said during his appearance at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting yesterday that the ministry does not have a policy to withhold salaries from teachers who travel overseas, despite the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Five claiming this is so.

Travis McDougall was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in jail for the killing of businessman Ashok Raghoo, who was fatally shot during a robbery at the Vlissingen Road and Regent Street traffic light.

A woman’s decision to end an abusive relationship resulted in her being attacked on Sunday evening and stabbed several times about her body by her partner of three years.