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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday shelved plans to cut the U.S.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte publicly accused five police generals of involvement in the drugs trade on Tuesday and said only he would be accountable for a bloody crackdown that has killed 30 people since he took office last week.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC), last Friday, met with the ambassadors (designate) to Brazil and Brussels, Belgium, George Talbot (second from left) and David Hales (third from left) to discuss how they could use their positions to advocate the enhancement of Guyana’s trade, specifically with Brazil, and the use of Hales’ experience in Brussels.

BATON ROUGE, La., (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said yesterday it would investigate the killing of a black man pinned to the ground and shot in the chest by two white police officers outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff presented her written defense to a Senate impeachment trial yesterday, denouncing the proceedings as a farce and saying her alleged crimes were no more than “routine acts of budgetary management.”

(Reuters) – Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued Fox News Channel architect Roger Ailes on Wednesday for sexual harassment, claiming her ex-boss wrongfully fired her after she rebuffed years of unwanted advances.

Fifty youths graduated over the weekend after completing a two-week Leadership programme at the Madewini training centre in Yarrowkabra provided by the government, GINA said.

BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For developing countries seeking to turn their national climate action plans into reality, help will soon be at hand in the form of a support service announced by the German government and the U.S.-based

(Jamaica Observer) The Bruce Golding-led Caricom Review Commis-sion indicated on Tuesday that the current dispute between the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaican-owned Sandals Resorts International (SRI) had come up on its radar, in respect of the issue of perceived unfair practices.

Safety and awareness are at the top of the agenda for the Government Electrical Inspectorate (GEI) division, GINA said.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Angola is suffering its worst outbreak of yellow fever in 30 years with 350 deaths since last December, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Wednesday as it launched an emergency appeal for funds.

The following statement was issued this afternoon by the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies first choice wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin has claimed in a Twitter rant that he has been sacked from the Test squad for the upcoming four-match series against India.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British inquiry into the Iraq war strongly criticised former Prime Minister Tony Blair and his government on Wednesday for joining the U.S.-led

With 568 marks each, two boys, Anthony Ferreira, of Mae’s Under 12, and Aryan Singh, of the Dharmic Rama Krishna Primary, have tied as the top performers in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.

Two-thirds of the top one percent of students who sat this year’s National Grade Six examination are from private schools.

After two previous trials ended in hung juries, a third sealed the fate of Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy,’ who was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging for the 2006 murders of Victoria brothers Ray Walcott and Carl Andrews, after jurors returned unanimous guilty verdicts.

Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan says the call by former Auditor-General Anand Goolsarran for City Hall to rescind the contentious contract for the installation and operation of parking meters in Georgetown should be heeded immediately.

A Camp Street prison warden is now himself a prisoner after police say he was found with cannabis when he was intercepted at a roadblock.

A police officer was yesterday denied bail after he was charged with unlawfully having an array of ammunition.