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Former Queen’s College headmaster and Chief Education Officer, Frederick Morrison Telemachus `Telly’ Lowe died two weeks ago in the United States.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Openers Andrew Strauss and both posted centuries today to wipe out   England’s first innings deficit and bring the tourists right   back into the first Ashes test against Australia.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – The United States and South Korea  began joint military exercises in waters west of the Korean  Peninsula today that have been opposed by regional giant  China and have led to North Korea threatening “consequences”.

(Jamaica Observer) Two recent surveys have found that crime and violence are the main subject areas that get coverage from the media in the Caribbean, including Jamaica.

(Barbados Nation) Five outstanding journalists were inducted into the Barbados Association of Journalists’ (BAJ) Hall of Fame last night.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Gunmen disrupted the  final campaign rally in Haiti of a charismatic presidential  contender, stoking tensions on the eve of tomorrow’s elections in  a nation racked by cholera and political uncertainty.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain said today it would  help pay for more than 1,000 medical staff to fight a raging  cholera epidemic in Haiti.

PORTLAND, Oregon, (Reuters) – A Somali-born teenager  was arrested today for attempting to detonate what he  thought was a car bomb at a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in  Oregon, officials said.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The second test between Sri  Lanka and West Indies ended in a draw today.

(TT Newsday) The two-match T20 series between the visiting Guyanese Lawyers Cricket Team and their TT counterparts ended in a draw over the weekend as both sides continue their preparation for the 3rd Lawyers Cricket World Cup next year.

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 11 last night at Williamsburg, Corentyne, during which Kameel Matadin, 30 years, was attacked and robbed by three masked men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

Caribbean Airlines announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Captain Ian Brunton has demitted office and that Vice President Commercial and Customer Experience of Caribbean Airlines and Air Jamaica, Robert Corbie who had been acting as CEO of the Trinidadian owned airline for the last week, has been appointed acting CEO.

Police were this afternoon led to two bodies, a mile up the Kara Kara creek by Colin Jones, a suspect in the Health Ministry arson, who said he murdered them.

Almost sixty percent of respondents tested within thirteen CARICOM Member States know of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

There is a 50% chance of oil being discovered here within the next 12 months, according to CGX Energy Inc’s President, Kerry Sully who said that a find could treble Guyana’s economy.

Banks DIH won the President’s Award for export achievement at the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association’s (GMSA) 15th Annual Presentation Awards Dinner at the Princess Hotel last night.

By Vishnu Bisram Guyanese business icon Dr. Yesu Persaud was recently honoured at a luncheon in Toronto for his personal achievements and contributions to the Guyanese nation and the diaspora. 

In the first conviction of its kind, the Chief Court in Surat, India on Thursday sentenced a Guyanese and a Lebanese national to four years imprisonment and ordered them to pay a fine of Rs1 lakh, in a case related to blood diamonds.

GUANGZHOU, China, (Reuters) – Bangladesh dashed   Afghanistan’s hopes of a fairytale finish in the men’s cricket   final at the Asian Games today to win their first gold at   the multi-sport event.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The fourth day’s play of the  second test between Sri Lanka and West Indies was washed out due  to rain with not a ball bowled today.