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Amid moves by the housing authority to repossess some homes allocated to low income earners under the Low Income Settlement Programme for breaching their agreement, former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has threatened legal action to halt the moves.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has accused Regional Executive Officers (REOs) in the seven regions won by the party of flouting financial rules and procurement procedures, among other grievances.

As the spaces in the Giftland Mall continue to be taken up, Makin style Boutique, situated on the ground floor, was launched on Thursday with live models showcasing some of the designs that will be available there.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a resolution endorsing an international road map for a Syria peace process, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that has claimed more than a quarter million lives.

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and Austria are working on a proposal for a common European asylum law, Germany’s refugee crisis coordinator said in an interview with German magazine Focus.

Two customers on Friday celebrated Christmas early as they were gifted $2 million each as part of the annual Courts ‘Big Prize’ promotion.

ON BOARD THE USS KEARSARGE (Reuters) – A US aircraft appears to have mistakenly carried out an air strike that killed Iraqi security forces near the city of Fallujah, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is willing to keep improving relations with the United States even though Washington has failed to meet its key demands for normalization, Cuban President Raul Castro said on Friday, a day after the anniversary of detente.

Twenty-nine teachers from across the Caribbean on Friday completed the Spanish as a second language workshop which was facilitated by Caricom and the Mexican government.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A poll published yesterday in Brazil  gave a mild boost to the political survival prospects for President Dilma Rousseff, as she saw a slight bounce in her approval ratings, halting what has been an almost continuous slide for most of the year.

Almost 350 children were feted recently when the Dharm Shala held its 94th annual Christmas party at its Albouystown premises.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization reached deals on agricultural export subsidies, food aid and other issues yesterday, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over the path of trade reform.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC-The Sri Lankan government says it has launched a probe into a bid to bribe members of the national cricket team to under-perform in a recent Test match against West Indies.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has reached an agreement with the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) over lowered tolls and will be signing a contract with the company in the coming week, a release from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) There have been 29 lab-confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) in this country so far for 2015, with three resulting in death.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo had the National Assembly in an uproar on Thursday, accusing the government of not only withholding pay hike discussions across the board but also rhetorically slapping workers in Guyana, citing increases paid to ministers and MPs.

More than a year after he was dismissed following a confrontation with Skeldon Estate Manager Dave Kumar, GuySuCo employee Stephen Daniels was yesterday re-employed and will be compensated, though a figure has not yet been arrived at.

A Linden mechanic yesterday pleaded guilty to four of five counts of robbery under arms and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment following his admission of guilt.

The second retreat to discuss the findings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the sugar industry went ahead yesterday in the absence of President David Granger and several other ministers.

Two policemen who allegedly shot a man to death at Mahaica in July were on Wednesday arraigned on manslaughter charges and were released on $150, 000 each, `C’ Division Commander Marlon Chapman confirmed.