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COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s government yesterday agreed a new version of its $1.4 billion real estate agreement with China after changing the terms and blocking the outright sale of land – part of a project covering a square mile right next to the capital’s port.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday declared a public health emergency in the U.S.

Gestational hypertension and foetal heart defect were the causes of two the two stillbirths at the Lethem Regional Hospital in July, investigations have found.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate is expected to hold the final session for the impeachment trial of President Dilma Rousseff on Aug.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s largest labor unions plan to stage nationwide protests next week against government plans to cut pensions and worker benefits, signaling growing tensions over deficit-cutting efforts.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services today declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico because of the widespread transmission of the Zika virus, which poses a “significant threat” to public health.

The Ministry of the Presidency this afternoon said that the Walter Roth Museum will be moved to the Guyana National Museum and the current Main Street location is to be used by the Ministry of the Presidency.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred about 2125h.

(Trinidad Guardian) Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday said the number of Zika cases they had recorded were inaccurate and there were more than the 247 confirmed cases, with the likelihood that the figure was in the thousands.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles urged regional leaders yesterday to lend their support to opponents of Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro and to back a recall referendum that could remove Maduro from power.

Government yesterday stated that its Minister of Health misled Parliament on a controversial contract for the storage of pharmaceuticals and it called on him to issue a public apology and also said that the deal for the Sussex Street premises would be reviewed.

According to President David Granger, Kares Engineering Incorporated, the company which constructed the problem-riddled Kato Secondary School, will no longer receive government contracts.

Two West Berbice men are to stand trial for the murder of a woman who was burned to death in her home at Plantation Hope on January 3, this year during the course of a robbery.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran yesterday said that a sub-committee of Cabinet should not be reviewing the controversial deal for a pharmaceuticals bond as it was Cabinet which had been reported to have had made the decision in the first place.

Gov’t considering relocating Walter Roth museum Government is considering the relocation of Guyana’s first museum of anthropology, the Walter Roth Museum.

Levi Alleyne, who was allegedly fatally beaten by a group of residents at Enterprise, East Coast Demerara on Monday, died of a fractured skull, an autopsy has found.

Andrew Smith, the fugitive who police say was shot during a shootout with ranks in Sophia, was yesterday faced with five charges, including firing a loaded gun at three police officers.

The Cevons Waste Management joint venture has moved to the High Court to review the Communities Ministry’s award of the $221M contract to Puran Brothers Disposal Inc.

Two persons have been arrested after the robbery of three Japanese nationals and a local taxi driver, who were attacked while sightseeing at the Ogle seawall on Tuesday.

Quincy Henry, the handyman who was charged last October  with attempted murder and armed robbery, was yesterday jailed for one week after admitting that he had a knife without reasonable excuse.