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In the aftermath of a controversy which brewed, the APNU+AFC government yesterday announced public consultations on its anti-terrorism bill.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says it has heightened measures to address the water supply challenges being experienced by residents of Linden including changing incorrect filter media used on a key project.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The St Thomas police are now seeking Marlon Perry otherwise called ‘Duppy Film’ in relation to the murder of two cops outside a wholesale on the Poor Man’s Corner main road in St Thomas Tuesday night.

(Trinidad Express) An autopsy on the body of Stacy Ramkissoon has confirmed that she died as a result of the H1N1 virus – swine flu.

President David Granger yesterday took Govern-ment’s ‘toy drive’ to the Pomeroon in Region Two and told residents of Baracaro and surrounding communities in the Pomeroon River that he believes in one Guyana and is focused on fostering deeper national unity across the nation.

LUXEMBOURG/LONDON, (Reuters) – An adviser to Europe’s highest court said an EU law on cigarettes was valid, rebuffing a challenge from Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco, though the court still has to deliver a final ruling.

The National Congress for Women (NCW) recently hosted a Christmas party for children from Region Four at the Golden Grove Secondary School, East Coast Demerara.

(Trinidad Express) A 17-year-old who was a State witness in a robbery in which he was the victim, was shot and killed outside his girlfriend’s house during another robbery on Tuesday night.

Muslims, in an effort to promote peace, gathered at the Anna Catherina Islamic Centre on Sunday in an event themed “International Mawlid in the City.”

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s transport minister has resigned after reports that her ministry overspent 3.6 million cedis ($947,000) to paint more than 100 buses in national colours and with portraits of Ghana’s recent leaders.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ tourism rebound has had a positive ripple effect on the bottom line of one of its largest hotel operators.

(Trinidad Express) A 33 year old watchman appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the murder of Police Constable Russel Ramnarine and UWI electrical engineering student Avery Keshwar.Accused

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has begun preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked to the United States since the start of last year, The Washington Post reported yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Congress yesterday named 13 justices to the Supreme Court in a maneuver critics slammed as a last-minute court-packing scheme by the Socialist Party in the final days before it loses control of the legislature in January.

An Albouystown man was refused bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday and pleaded not guilty to four separate charges including armed robbery.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s new government fired the country’s chief media regulator yesterday, saying the head of the AFSCA television and radio watchdog commission was openly acting against the country’s new center-right President Mauricio Macri.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – For the first time since Hitler’s death, Germany is publishing the Nazi leader’s political treatise “Mein Kampf”, unleashing a highly charged row over whether the text is an inflammatory racist diatribe or a useful educational tool.

The Ministry of Public Security today announced a relaxation of the 2 am curfew on bars and nightclubs but only for the holidays.

Winston Brassington, the Chairman of controversial government holding company, NICIL has been sent on leave with immediate effect to facilitate investigations by the Guyana Police Force and the Special Organised Crime Unit stemming from the audit report recently done on the entity.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) yesterday slammed government for its “cavalier” treatment of allegations against interim Guyana Power and Light (GPL) chief Colin Welch saying that he should be sent on leave to facilitate an investigation.