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Eight years after three senior NBS managers were charged with conspiring to defraud the NBS of $69M, the men are still trying to pick up the pieces of their lives but expressed pleasure at the Ombudsman’s recent report which found that there was no basis to charge them for fraud.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes is in critical condition in a Sydney hospital after undergoing emergency surgery for a severe head injury suffered when he was struck on the helmet by a ball during a domestic match on Tuesday.

FERGUSON, Mo., (Reuters) – Gunshots rang out and buildings burned in a Midwestern suburb after a grand jury decided yesterday not to indict a white police officer over the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager, sparking a fresh wave of racially tinged violence.

(Trinidad Express) A 33-year-old Freeport woman was gunned down outside a bar on Sunday night.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba will stage its first Broadway musical in more than 50 years when “Rent” starts a three-month run on Dec.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur today explained why he has decided not to offer further evidence in his complaint that the proprietor of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall had threatened him.

Divisional Commander ‘A’ Division, Senior Superintendent Clifton Hicken today apologized for controversial remarks in which he said that females’ mode of mode of dress contributed to rape.

The police say are investigating three fatal accidents as road deaths continue to climb.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Simpson Miller has warned privileged members of the society to desist from stealing electricity, while noting that it was not only the poor who is involved in electricity theft.

DAKAR, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Some of Africa’s top musicians launched today an alternative Ebola appeal song to Band Aid’s new recording of “Do they know it’s Christmas’ with proceeds also going to fight the virus that has killed more than 5,000 people in West Africa this year.

Police and officials of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of an off duty employee.

A tussle between the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Supreme Court over the hiring of the judiciary’s staff is continuing, with the court now moving to also hire staff for its Verbatim Court Reporting Unit (VCRU).

(Trinidad Express)An elderly German couple who have been com­ing to vacation in Toba­go for several years were found hacked to death along Minis­ter’s Bay, Bacolet Beach, yesterday morning.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s Football League (DFL) launched a scathing attack on FIFA on Saturday, saying coordinated action was needed from Europe to reform world soccer’s governing body.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it had staged an attack in Kenya today in which gunmen ordered non-Muslims off a bus and shot 28 dead, while sparing Muslim passengers.

The Ministry of Public Works today sealed a US $46,789,000 contract with several contractors for varying aspects of a major road improvement project on the West Coast Highway.

*WEATHER BRIEF for Saturday, November 22, 2014 from the Hydrometeorological Service, Guyana* Rainfall records for the past 24 hours, measured at 08:00 hrs November 22, 2014 was available for some stations.

The Trades Union Congress today said that the government must be held to account over the misery caused by ongoing flooding.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – St Kitts and Nevis has established what they say is the largest greenhouse in the Caribbean at 24 metres tall and covering more than 14,000 square feet.

Kishan, a commuter who was returning to Parika, made his bed on the asphaltic road as he awaited word on the Berbice bridge opening last night.