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Amid a barrage of criticism, the Privatisation Unit this evening denied that the termination of the Synergy contract for the Amaila Falls access road was because of the changed political circumstances and it argued that the government had received value for money and other contractors would be hired to finish the project.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan  Manuel Santos said today the country’s largest rebel group  was increasingly selling its cattle to finance South America’s  longest-running insurgency as income from trafficking  cocaine drops .

Police say that at about 0845h. today, farmer Vijay Ramdass, 34 years, and Hazrat Ibrahim, 17 years, of Grant 1806, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, were travelling in a boat in the Crabwood Creek Backdam when they were attacked by two men armed with shotguns.

Guyanese social history icon and culture enthusiast Godfrey Chin has passed away.

A Queens, New York man murdered his estranged wife in front of her terrified young daughter — and was held after cops tracked his bloody trail for three blocks, law-enforcement sources said today, according to the New York Post.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The country’s two cellular service providers have been engaging in a verbal tussle following revelations last week that former Prime Minister Andrew Holness reversed a precondition of the Digicel-Claro merger.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Police are expected to lay charges against a Canadian woman and her Jamaican spouse following the grim discovery of what was believed to be the decomposing body of their two-year-old son.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Nine police personnel accused of violating prison regulations by accepting money and other gifts to give special privileges to popular dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel, as well as another high-profile inmate at the Gun Court Remand Centre in St Andrew, have been slapped with internal charges that could lead to their dismissal from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s  one-match ban means the India captain will have time for an  introspective look as to where and when his Midas touch deserted  him as his team mates battle to avoid a series whitewash against  Australia in Adelaide.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court  today ordered Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to appear  before the court for failing to pursue corruption cases against  the president and other officials, a sharp escalation in the  government’s battle for survival.

GENOA, (Reuters) – The Chairman and CEO of  Costa Cruises disavowed the captain of a capsized cruise ship,  saying his actions had contravened company rules and caused the  accident in which at least 6 people were killed.

The nude body of a 40-year-old woman was yesterday discovered at the Zeelugt Cemetery and it is suspected that she was strangled after being attacked by a homeless man known to many in the village.

The Aruka River continues to eat away at the nearby Kumaka waterfront, in the Mabaruma sub-region of Region One, where new revetments have started to sink into the river.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) have reacted sharply to President Donald Ramotar’s assertion that the Opposition had no place in the crafting of the National Budget and should be involved in consultations only.

Guyanese aviator Ronald Reece is working with his counterparts in Jamaica to set up a new airline which will operate out of the Caribbean nation with flights to New York and Toronto, Canada and connections to Guyana.

Investigations into the rape allegation against Police Commissioner Henry Greene are complete and the report is expected to be sent to Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack during the course of this week.

Canadian gold mining company, Guyana Goldfields plans to start surface and open pit development at its Aurora gold project  in the next quarter of this year and will release the findings of a definitive feasibility study (FS) on the project in late February following a four-week peer review.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has approved the application of Mahdia Gold Corp (MGC) for a Prospecting Licence for gold and precious metals in the Omai mine which the Canadian company acquired last year.

A man accused of robbing a woman of a $60,000 gold band was on Friday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.