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(Reuters) – Three former officials at Venezuela’s state oil company have pleaded guilty to U.S.

HOUSTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The Rockefeller Family Fund said yesterday it would divest from fossil fuels as quickly as possible and “eliminate holdings” of Exxon Mobil Corp, saying the oil company associated with the family fortune has misled the public about climate change risks.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A flight attendant who ran from Los Angeles International Airport moments before a search turned up 66 pounds (30 kg) of cocaine in her luggage surrendered to authorities in New York yesterday, law enforcement officials said.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A 21-year-old American woman was detained in Honduras, authorities said yesterday, for allegedly heading a faction of the Mara Barrio 18, one of the gangs responsible for a crime wave in the Central American nation that has sent families flocking to the United States seeking refuge.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa has launched a corruption probe into President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane and the Guptas, a family of businessmen accused of wielding improper political influence, a police spokesman said yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – More than 2 million Brazilians are set to lose unemployment benefits by June, data obtained by Reuters show, threatening to erode support for embattled President Dilma Rousseff among her core working class supporters when she needs them most.

A forensic audit has recommended “strong disciplinary action” against Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Dr Mahender Sharma for alleged lax oversight of the fuel marking system which targets smuggling.

At about 2130h. last night, the police say that the body of farmer Khublall Gomes, 78 years, was found in a hammock under his home at Grant 1651 Backlands, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, with wounds to the head and a plastic cuff around his throat.

(Trinidad Guardian) A protection order is not just a simple piece of paper.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Belgian police have identified a prime suspect in Tuesday’s Brussels blasts and two suspected suicide bombers, linking them directly to Islamic State militants behind last November’s Paris attacks, Belgian media reported on Wednesday.

The PPP/C won the popular vote in Friday’s local government elections (LGE) capturing 25 000 more votes than the governing APNU+AFC under the proportional representation (PR) component of the polls.

Steve Bacchus, who prisoners say helped them escape from the fiery Capital A division at the Camp Street jail on March 3rd, yesterday testified that he and other inmates broke out of their dorm to mount a rescue after prison officials were not prompt in their efforts.

The three men held over the murder of Hill Foot farmer Anthony Breedy were yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

A bus driver died early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), hours after he was shot at the Linden bus park, at Hadfield Street, Georgetown by two men.

Sugar workers were yesterday told by GuySuCo that there would be no wage increase for 2015 considering the dire state of the corporation’s finances.

The ruling APNU+AFC coalition has gained outright control of five of the country’s nine municipalities following Friday’s Local Government Elections (LGE).

A taxi driver died late Monday night after he hit a car he was attempting to overtake and crashed along Le Destin Public Road, East Bank Essequibo.

The Bloomfield/Whim community from which Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo hails saw very few votes for the governing APNU+AFC at Friday’s elections with the vast majority going to the opposition PPP/C.

The police are currently investigating the murder of a man who was stabbed to the neck on Sunday evening at Lethem, in Region Nine.

Residents of Four Miles Community, Port Kaituma, Region One have been assured by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman that their outstanding land issues would be investigated and completed within three months.