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(Jamaica Gleaner) The divestment of the Government’s assets in the sugar industry to Chinese investors was expected to result in a turnaround in the fortunes of the ailing sector in Jamaica.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s top court ordered President Jacob Zuma yesterday to pay back some of the $16 million of state money spent upgrading his private home, in a stinging rebuke that hits the scandal-plagued leader financially and politically.

GENEVA/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Researchers around the world are now convinced the Zika virus can cause the birth defect microcephaly as well as Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that can result in paralysis, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

About 2200h. on Tuesday, the police say that miner Dalton Emanuel, 19 years, of Yarakita, NWD, was involved in an argument with another man at Yarakita, during which he was stabbed in his abdomen with a pair of scissors.

(Trinidad Guardian) An elderly T&T national resident in Canada, who has been returning home every winter for the past several years, was tied up, gagged and beaten to death at his Upper Bournes Road, St James, home sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors yesterday charged Joseph Safra, the world’s richest banker, in connection with an alleged scheme to pay bribes to government officials in return for waiving tax debts.

(Reuters) – China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co said yesterday it has abandoned its $14 billion bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, paving the way for Marriott International Inc to buy the Sheraton and Westin hotels operator.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador plans to boost prison security and deploy more troops in the streets to battle a rising wave of gang violence that has pushed murder rates to record levels, President Salvador Sanchez Ceren said on Wednesday.

Former Ministry of Finance’s Chief Planning Officer, Clyde Roopchand passed away in New York on Wednesday.

The Guyana Power and Light today announced a 20% cut in net rates across all categories.

About 1230h. today, the police say that an armed man exited a motor vehicle and discharged several rounds at Narine Samadeen, 30 years, of Parika Backdam, EBE; and businessman Shazam Alli, 35 years, of Tuschen, EBE, at Regent Street, Georgetown, and escaped in the motor vehicle.

About 2200h. on Tuesday, the police say that miner Dalton Emanuel, 19 years, of Yarakita, NWD, was involved in an argument with another man at Yarakita, during which he was stabbed to his abdomen with a pair of scissors.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Late replacement Lendl Simmons led a charmed life to blast 82 not out and carry West Indies to a nail-biting seven-wicket win in the last over against India in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20 today.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies Women booked their spot in the final of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup for the first time ever when they beat New Zealand Women by six runs in the second semi-final here today.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s constitutional court ordered President Jacob Zuma today to pay back some of the $16 million of state money spent upgrading his private home, a stinging rebuke that hits the scandal-plagued leader financially and politically.

The murder of Guyana Defence Force Lance Corporal Kevon Payne on Tuesday evening may have been a case of mistaken identity and his relatives are baffled about his death since as far as they are aware he had no problems with anyone.

-still faces trial on drug charge Money smuggler pilot Khamraj Lall has been sentenced to one year in jail and has been ordered to forfeit his private jet and over half a million US dollars involved in the offence to the US government.

Former police sergeant Shawn Sandy, who it was alleged accidentally shot dredge owner Feroze Khan last Thursday whilst examining a weapon, was yesterday charged with manslaughter.

The police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Triumph resident Somaria Sookdeo following a post-mortem examination (PME) conducted yesterday which revealed that she died as a result of blunt trauma to the head and strangulation.

The proposal for a hangar for money smuggler pilot and accused drug trafficker Khamraj Lall at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri was never brought to the attention of the CJIA board but was taken directly to Cabinet by the then Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn.