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Poor drainage is said to have been a contributing factor in Sunday’s flooding of Bartica’s commercial zone, according to Mayor of Bartica Gifford Marshall.

CURITIBA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors charged ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday with being the “boss” of a vast corruption scheme at state oil company Petrobras, in a major blow to the leftist hero’s hopes of a political comeback.

Following a confrontation over a box of mosquito coils, a man has been charged with assaulting a city constable and obstructing a roadway.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed distaste for both U.S.

“I needed some personal effects to finish college” was the explanation given by a police trainee on Tuesday after he was charged with stealing his friend’s items.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump yesterday moved to show their medical fitness for the White House as Clinton released a letter from her doctor declaring her fit for the presidency and Trump taped a TV-segment about his well-being.

A San Martin, Venezuela man appeared before a city court on Tuesday, where he was charged with wounding a policeman and incurring debt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi called yesterday for the lifting of economic sanctions against her country, and President Barack Obama, in their first White House meeting since she became leader, said the United States was ready to do so.

The police on Tuesday arrested four persons for questioning over the execution-style killing of taxi driver Oswald Rambarran, who was gunned down on Sunday, while delivering food in Albouystown.

Poor drainage is said to have been a contributing factor in Sunday’s flooding of Bartica’s commercial zone, according to Mayor of Bartica Gifford Marshall.

NEW YORK/FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer clinched a $66 billion takeover of U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Scores of citizens who were moved yesterday after reading of the plight of 600-pound Marissa Nelson in the T&T Guardian have offered to lend a helping hand.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s traffic and safety maintenance department plans to install street lights along the Number 19 road, as well as other areas in Upper Corentyne.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday decried a decision that could see it suspended from the Mercosur trade bloc as the crisis-stricken leftist country grows increasingly isolated in South America.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain and Argentina have agreed to work together towards removing measures restricting the oil and gas, shipping and fishing industries around the disputed Falkland Islands, both countries said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mother of teenager Shivanie Persad is urging parents to be more vigilant and careful about who they allow in their homes.

NEW YORK, CMC- Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has reacted angrily to the sacking of West Indies head coach Phil Simmons, blasting the move as “bizarre” and motivated by “spite and vendetta”.

Regan Rodrigues, the man accused of murdering political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, was today freed of the charge at the end of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder.

The Stabroek News website was down for several hours this morning  as a result of technical difficulties.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a partnership dubbed Speed At Work, sprint megastar Usain Bolt yesterday turned up for his first day on the job as telecommunication giant Digicel’s chief speed officer at the Digicel regional headquarters, located at 14 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston.