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The decomposed body of a 75-year-old man was yesterday discovered afloat in a Goedverwating trench after he was reported missing for 19 days.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Demonstrators protested across Brazil yesterday to denounce corruption and a congressional vote perceived as an effort to intimidate judges and prosecutors leading graft probes.

Cabinet has agreed to cancel the residual funds allocated to National Hardware (Guyana) Limited, under the Japanese Non-Project Grant Aid (JNPGA) of 2013 and to redirect those funds for the procurement of renewable energy and energy efficient street lights, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Austrian voters roundly rejected yesterday a candidate vying to become the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since World War Two, halting at least temporarily the wave of populism sweeping Western democracies.

CANNON BALL, N.D./WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said yesterday it turned down a permit for a controversial pipeline project running through North Dakota, in a victory for Native Americans and climate activists who have protested against the project for several months.

Senior Parliamentary Counsel,  Joann Bond, will be attending a High Level Anti-Corruption Policy Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago from December 8-9, 2016, according to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Europe’s trade negotiator blamed China yesterday for scuppering a global environmental trade deal by submitting impossible late demands at World Trade Organization talks aimed at scrapping import tariffs on exports worth more than $1 trillion.

Cabinet has approved the appointment of the Board of Directors for the National Library for a period of two years, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed to resign after suffering a crushing defeat yesterday in a referendum on constitutional reform, tipping the euzo zone’s third-largest economy into political turmoil.

As the year winds down and Guyanese prepare to usher in 2017, President David Granger is urging citizens to hold strong to the value of fellowship which he said is best exemplified at Christmas time.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will introduce six new notes and three new coins starting in mid-December to help alleviate practical problems in doing business with the world’s most inflationary currency, according to the central bank.

On December 1, 2016, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) recognised outstanding businesses and individuals at its 127th Annual Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony and Sterling Products Limited was awarded as the business of the year in the large category.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake U.S.

SANTIAGO, Cuba,  (Reuters) – Fidel Castro’s ashes were encased in a large granite boulder yesterday, in a ceremony that capped nine days of public mourning in Cuba that aimed to literally set in stone the legacy for one of the 20th century’s most influential figures.

SANTIAGO, Cuba,  (Reuters) – Fidel Castro’s ashes were encased in a large granite boulder today, in a ceremony that capped nine days of public mourning in Cuba that aimed to literally set in stone the legacy for one of the 20th century’s most influential figures.

(Trinidad Express) The integrity of Angostura’s rum is under audit. The local rum company has been buying bulk rum from Cuba and South America and simply repackaging it, without substantial chan­ges, and selling it to export markets.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday accused the government of trying to play down the “humun-gous tax burdens” that the proposed 2017 national budget would place on citizens, while estimating that the measures would net an increase of roughly $25 billion dollars in Value-Added Tax (VAT) alone.

Some 2,000 people live in the small village of Columbia, on the Essequibo Coast, which fits snug between Aberdeen and Affiance and the majority of them are Hindus, while a few are Muslims.

In a bid to clear a huge backlog of mining cases, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has written to acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh requesting that five magistrates be appointed as hearing officers to deal with the matters.

The proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act that would allow the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to garnish funds from bank accounts, will almost mimic those already in place in the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act of 2005, though they have not been used.