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– relatives claim campaign connection (Trinidad Express) – Five people, including two children, died in a fire at the home of a known United National Congress (UNC) activist, which police and fire officials believe was deliberately set.

MANILA (Reuters) – Presidential frontrunner Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino was poised for a decisive victory in yesterday’s elections in the Philippines despite technical problems that caused long delays but did not derail the polls as feared.

Fire just after 7 am today ravaged the historic St Joseph Mercy Hospital.

The body of a man, burned beyond recognition, was yesterday morning discovered in a car trunk at Palmyra, Canje.

– chairman promises to ‘take note’ Lawful procurement methods are not being followed in Region Nine, according to sources in the regional administration with knowledge of the situation.

-former GDF aeronautical engineers Professional aeronautical engineers who were groomed by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) air wing are recommending that the authorities implement measures to upgrade the status of the Air Corps.

-police hold three suspects Bandits struck an Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara home on Saturday night, robbing the occupants of over $1M in cash and jewellery and leaving the family traumatized.

Three bandits attacked a bar at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara early yesterday morning robbing patrons and the owner of cash, jewellery and phones before escaping.

A 27-year old man was yesterday morning shot in the buttocks during a confrontation with the police in Sandy Babb Street, Kitty after a relationship went sour.

Bridgette Gangadin’s third autopsy, which was ordered by the high court and should be done by today, had not been conducted up to press time last night, her relatives said.

A man was granted $25,000 bail after he was charged with larceny from the person on Friday.

-town council strapped for cash The Linden Town Council has found itself strapped for cash resulting in its constabulary not being paid for the month of April.

ROBERT, La (Reuters) – BP Plc engineers desperately  explored options on yesterday to control oil gushing from a  ruptured well deep under the Gulf of Mexico after a setback  with a huge undersea containment dome fuelled fears of a  prolonged and growing environmental disaster.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is  convinced that a Pakistani Taliban group closely allied with al  Qaeda was behind the attempted bombing in New York’s Times  Square, administration officials said  yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez  is promising tough measures against “bourgeois” speculators  whom he blames for the OPEC member nation’s runaway inflation  and ever-weaker bolivar currency.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Conser-vatives and   Liberal Democrats will hold further talks today to try to  stitch together a deal to govern, with markets anxious for an  agreement following an inconclusive election.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Dmitry Medvedev struck a  conciliatory note at Russia’s Victory Day military parade on  Sunday, urging world powers to unite for peace and defending his  decision to invite NATO troops to march on Red Square.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could be heading for  another election within a year after Thursday’s vote failed to  produce a clear winner for the first time since 1974.

CARACAS (Reuters) – “Fatherland, Socialism or  Death!” scream the large red letters on a typical  pro-government street painting in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neanderthals and modern  humans interbred, probably when early humans first began to  migrate out of Africa, according to a genetic study released on  Thursday.