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JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s parliament will debate tomorrow a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete said, after a top court ruled the president had violated the constitution.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The Australian Tax Office (ATO) said yesterday it is investigating more than 800 wealthy clients of a Panama law firm for possible tax evasion.

CHESTER, Pa., (Reuters) – A locomotive on an Amtrak train carrying about 330 passengers derailed when it hit a backhoe south of Philadelphia yesterday, killing two people and injuring about 35 in what passengers described as a jolt followed by a fireball.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – West Indies players will share the entire $1.6 million in prize money for winning the men’s World Twenty20 title as well as a portion of sponsorship revenue, the head of the region’s cricket board told Reuters today.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy courted controversy here today when he hit out at the West Indies Cricket Board for its lack of support following his side’s capture of the Twenty20 World Cup.

President David Granger today congratulated the West Indies men’s and women’s teams for winning the T20 finals in India today.

About 0630h. today, the body of Roger Manikam, 64 years, of Section ‘B’, Non Pariel, ECD was found on the roadway along the Coldingen Railway Embankment, ECD, with a wound to the head.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 2130h last night on the La Jalousie Public Road, WCD, and which resulted in the death of pedestrian Mohendra Bisnauth, 52 years, of La Jalousie.

Investigations are being conducted into an incident that occurred about 0145h.

KOLKATA,  (Reuters) – West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite smashed England’s Ben Stokes for four successive sixes to snatch a sensational four-wicket win in today’s World Twenty20 final as the Caribbean side became the first team to win the title twice.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s parliament will debate on Tuesday a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete said today, after a top court ruled the president had violated the constitution.

KOLKATA,  (Reuters) – Fifties from Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor powered West Indies to their first women’s World Twenty20 title today, their eight-wicket win at Eden Gardens ending three-times defending champions Australia’s dominance in the tournament.

Georgetown’s newly-minted Chief Citizen Patricia Chase-Green says widening the city’s revenue base is among her immediate priorities as is ensuring that the newly-elected councillors consult with their constituencies to address their needs as part of the capital’s development.

Resource is another of the small villages along Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara.

Residents of the Rupununi in Region Nine continue to pray for rain as wells and other sources of water continue to disappear during what some have described as being the second worse drought to hit the region.

The last two weeks have seen four execution-style killings, two of which are said to be connected and this highlights that gunmen for hire are still on the prowl while underworld gangs continue to operate unfettered.

Former national footballer and Alpha United member, Manasseh Primo was jailed in New York in January this year for 10 months after admitting to the importation of cocaine into the US on June 11, 2015.

Police have arrested the prime suspect in the murder of bus driver Alvin Lorrimer, who was fatally shot at a city bus park almost two weeks ago.

Although the Dependants Pension Fund is in a sound financial position, its operations have significantly decreased and there is an urgent need for the Fund to explore new avenues for investments.

The parents of a 19-year-old Cummings Lodge resident are seeking the public’s assistance in locating their son, who has not been heard from since leaving his home last June to pursue work as a miner in the interior.