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NEW YORK/LONDON, (Reuters) – Gold edged higher yesterday, the day after it took its deepest dive in years and hit five-year lows, with many dealers bracing for more losses on expectations for a rise in U.S.

With the change of government, relatives of Chris Jacob are hoping for justice that they believe they were denied since his death last year.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – A policeman and an opposition official died in violence at the start of Burundi’s presidential election yesterday, held amid protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term and an opposition boycott.

(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton last Friday welcomed the introduction of Federal Transformer Manufacturing and Consulting Limited (FTMC) into the local manufacturing sector.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, which has been struggling to launch a London IPO, can kiss goodbye plans for a listing this year, banking sources said yesterday, as hackers threatened to publish names and salacious details about its clients unless the website shuts itself down.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Portugal’s prosecutor general has ordered investigators to look into a request from Brazilian authorities for help with a probe into a scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.

(Reuters) – Colombia, South America’s third-largest economy, has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by at least 20 percent by 2030 as a contribution to a new agreement aimed at fighting global warming, the government said on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has apologised to the Chinese community for statements he made in response to a video of a Chinese national butchering a dog in Trinidad.

At about 0845h. yesterday, police say that Ronaldo Ram, 20 years, of Canal No 1.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Ron Magill, a prominent Cuban-American who works as spokesman for the Miami zoo, was pleasantly surprised when he returned from a quiet trip to Havana earlier this year.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela said yesterday it had arrested two former military officers on drug charges including one man linked by the government to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and wanted by the United States.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru will try to make contact for the first time with an Amazonian tribe that largely lives isolated in the jungle, part of a bid to ease tensions with nearby villages after a bow-and-arrow attack in May, authorities said yesterday.

(CPL) An outstanding fifty from Lendl Simmons which transcended some difficult batting conditions took the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a 7 wicket victory over the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel. 

At about 0845h. today, police say that Ronaldo Ram, 20 years, of Canal No 1.

(Trinidad Express) Police yesterday executed an early morning surprise swoop on insurrectionist Yasin Abu Bakr and detained him as well as ten other people for questioning in connection with the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

Following their arrest after a shootout with police at Craig last week, charges were yesterday read to suspects in the murder of businessman Ganesh Ramlall and the violent robbery of Justice Nicola Pierre and her husband.

Over a dozen persons were injured after a minibus collided with a pick-up truck and landed both vehicles in a trench along Mandela Avenue, just outside of President David Granger’s home.

The University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus will be partially closed for the next two days as efforts are made to address the damage caused by last week’s storm and as well as health and safety issues created by the resulting floodwaters on the campus.

Efforts are still being made to contact “another individual” in the Courtney Crum-Ewing murder investigation, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

A jury yesterday found Leonard Singh not guilty of two counts of raping a 14-year-old girl.