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The recommendations put forth by the Public Infrastructure Ministry as it relates to the Guyana Power and Light’s Board of Directors are still with cabinet and awaiting approval.

Almost two months after revelations that the National Communications Network (NCN) may have had equipment for satellite uplinking, a service which it had contracted out at significant expense, the entity is mum on the investigation.

The mother of Denilson Rose, the 17-year-old who died after he was allegedly hit down and dragged some distance by a member of the Guyana Police Force in October, is hoping that the person responsible for her son’s death will be brought to justice soon.

Commuters are happy that parking space has been provided for them at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling but are concerned at the condition of one section.

An Albouystown man was on Friday granted $10,000 bail after he appeared before a city court to face a charge of stealing $760.

President David Granger yesterday arrived in Baracara, Region Six to a warm welcome from residents and delivered a message of self-reliance and gifts to the children.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front did not win any region in French elections yesterday, in a setback to her hopes of being a serious presidential contender in 2017.

(Trinidad Guardian) Support from the Opposi-tion and an online petition may not be enough to keep Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran in office.

The 3rd Annual Tree lighting and Family Festival will be held in the National Park on Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 from 6pm.

PARIS, (Reuters) – At the end of bargaining, when the last bracketed differences in diplomatic language were [glossed over], the global climate accord that emerged from two weeks of talks in Paris proved to be a very a la carte deal.

(Trinidad Express) In the face of calls to reinstate employees, steel producer ArcelorMittal is defending its decision to cut its staff by 480 workers.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma appointed Pravin Gordhan as finance minister yesterday, in a dramatic U-turn that gave South Africa its third finance chief in a week after a selling frenzy in the markets.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis arrived in Cuba yesterday with plans to increase trade overshadowed by what to do with nearly 5,000 Cuban migrants stranded in his country.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets yesterday to demand President Dilma Rousseff’s ouster, but the first nationwide protests since formal impeachment proceedings began were smaller than similar events earlier this year.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – In the clearest sign yet it intends to resist the recommendations of CARICOM’s Governance Review Panel, the West Indies Cricket Board says it has retained the services of Dominican lawyer Anthony Astaphan.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday commissioned the multi-million-dollar Aruwai Whitewater Resort in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni area, the brainchild of Bartica gold miner, Chunilall Baboolall.

About 0300h. today, the police say that Cheryl Embrack, 50 years, of Grove Housing Scheme, EBD, was entering her home when she was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

(ICC) West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months following an independent assessment of his action, which took place at the ICC’s accredited testing centre in Brisbane earlier this month.

(Trinidad Guardian) Support from the Opposition and an online petition may not be enough to keep Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran in office.

Government is being urged to “proceed with haste” to sell the Marriott Hotel in light of uncertainty about the financial viability of its operations and rising costs that could take the final price tag for the project to at least US$98 million.