BRAZIL –   A dam burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil, inundating a nearby small town with flood waters and mud. One person is confirmed dead, a civil defense official said.

The official could not say how many are missing or homeless. Many houses in Bento Rodrigues were buried up to the roof, video from CNN affiliate TV Record showed. Many lots were wiped clean of their homes and debris from buildings was spread over a wide area.

The inundated area had around 200 homes, the office of the mayor of the nearby city of Mariana said. A union leader told CNN affiliate Globo that 50 workers were at the mine at the time of the dam burst.(CNN.COM/photo: guim.co.uk)…[+]

The Guyana Police Force in collaboration with the Cops and Faith Community Network Thursday established a foundation that will forever benefit the families of ranks who would have died in the line of duty. As part of the launch, representatives of several private companies and businesses, including Roraima Group of Companies and Industrial Safety Supplies, made donations of over $3,700,000. In attendance were members of the Force’s Executive Leadership Team, Members of the Faith Based Community, other police ranks and members of various media houses.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton has ordered an investigation to ascertain how a baby boy ended up with head injuries on Tuesday in the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Maternity Ward. There are reports that a nurse dropped the newborn, minutes after his mother delivered him, while another report suggests that the baby fell off a warming bed. Kaieteur News understands that a CT-scan revealed bleeding in the child’s brain.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

U.S –  A child who was reported missing in Alabama 13 years ago has been found safe and unharmed in Cleveland, Ohio, authorities say.

Julian Hernandez was in the legal custody of his mother when he disappeared on August 28, 2002. He was 5 then. It was suspected that his father, Bobby Hernandez, took him as part of a noncustodial parental abduction, according to the Vestavia Hills Police Department, just south of Birmingham.(CNN.COM/photo: townnews.com)…[+]

Another fatal accident on Tuesday, on the Corentyne Public Road left two more teens dead. This accident occurred hours after another had claimed two other teenaged lives on the Corentyne highway. The police are investigating the cause of this latest accident which occurred on Tuesday on No. 74 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. Dead are driver Balram Nourang, 19, of Lot 22 B No 69 Village, Corentyne and his best friend  Haresh Ramsaywack, 17, of Lot 241 No. 69 Village, Corentyne. According to information, motor car PEE 6017 was being driven by Balram Nourang with Haresh Ramsaywack in the front seat.  The car was reportedly owned by Omchand Nourang, Balram’s uncle, whose home he shared.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

Another motorist lost his life last night after he lost control of his speeding car on the Lusignan Public Road, East Coast Demerara. Dead is a Mon Repos driver whose only name was given as Rakesh. He was pronounced dead on the spot by a doctor at the scene. The three other occupants of the car received lacerations to their faces and other body parts, but were otherwise out of danger.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

The police are investigating the cause of a horrific accident which claimed the lives of two persons on Tuesday morning on the No 46 Public Road, Corentyne. Three other persons, who were all said to be relatives have been hospitalized. They were all travelling in a motor car towards New Amsterdam when the accident occurred. According to information those dead are Paula Kissoondial 53, a mother of seven of Lot 128 Second Street, Swamp Section, Rose Hall Town and Akeem Harry 15, a labourer of Sookhoo Street, Rose Hall Town.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

A photograph on the front page of the Kaieteur News helped a South Turkeyen father to confirm Tuesday that the female victim of Monday’s double suicide was his daughter, 19-year-old Kavita Akloo. Vincent Akloo hugged his daughter’s body after accompanying police ranks into the Lyken Funeral Parlour. Kavita Akloo, a store employee, is believed to have joined her boyfriend, who is still unidentified, in a suicide pact on Monday at the Kingston Seawalls. Police recovered two receipts from the right pocket of Akloo’s companion. The receipts indicated that he had purchased two items from Caribbean Chemicals Limited on Croal Street. Mr. Akloo indicated that his daughter and companion may have taken their lives because his wife, from whom he is separated, had disapproved of the relationship.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

Pandemonium broke out last night at the Accident and Emergency unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), following the arrival of six out of 11 persons, who were injured in a vehicular accident at Salbora Public Road, Mahdia. Kaieteur News understands that the injured were passengers in the tray of “a bush truck” that was transporting a land dredge in the area.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]