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Over four years after construction began, the $3.6 billion Hope Canal, one of the PPP/C’s administration big-ticket projects, is still to be opened.

Retired Superintendent of Police Morgan Chalmers yesterday testified that he was unable to conduct an identification (ID) parade with Terrence Wallace, the accused in the murder of teenager Shaquille Grant, since the former policeman was advised against participation by his lawyer.

Ralph Ramdhan, the suspect in a double murder in Trinidad, was yesterday ordered deported after being fined for entering the country illegally.

After being sentenced to four years in prison for stealing almost $600,000 by forging cheques intended for her employer, confessed fraudster Jasodhra Bahadur on Thursday also admitted to 26 charges of simple larceny of sums that amounted to over $11M.

Police yesterday afternoon released Mark Cromwell, who was linked to the recent discovery of an arms cache at a city wharf, according to Crime Chief Leslie James.

Two women are now in custody after they were allegedly caught with cocaine as they were preparing to board a flight for the United States at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri yesterday.

A new date has been set for a report in the action filed by Carl Greenidge to prevent government misuse of funds from two Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loans totaling US$32 million.

A coffee table book was recently launched to raise funds for the University of Guyana (UG) Endowment Fund.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors said on Friday they have obtained court orders for the seizure of 980 million reais ($327 million) in assets of construction firms under investigation in a massive corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica has moved closer to monitoring its territorial waters and fishing jurisdiction with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), popularly called drones.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia will suspend aerial fumigation of illegal coca plants in light of a number of studies linking the herbicide involved to cancer, a move that marks the end of a decades-long strategy in the country’s fight against drug trafficking.

(Reuters) – Blues legend B.B. King, who took his music from rural juke joints to the mainstream and inspired a generation of guitarists from Eric Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughan, has died in Las Vegas.

(Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s governing party reached a tentative agreement on new tax measures, officials said Thursday, potentially avoiding a government shutdown and paving the way for a bond deal that could raise as much as $2.95 billion.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Port of Spain: Massy Wood Group has been awarded a five-year contract, with a potential value of up to US$250 million, by oil and gas giant BP to provide services to its operations in Trinidad and Tobago.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A major pharmacy chain has started fingerprinting customers in Caracas, as Venezuela’s socialist government tries to halt smugglers and resellers from stocking up on scarce goods from toilet paper to medicines.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Islamic State militants raised their black flag over the local government headquarters in the Iraqi city of Ramadi yesterday and claimed victory through mosque loudspeakers after overrunning most of the western provincial capital.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) tonight refuted reports in the media that Head of State, President Donald Ramotar is preparing to concede electoral defeat to opposition leader David Granger.

In a second and direct statement, the Private Sector Commission this afternoon called on the PPP/C to accept the results of Monday’s general elections and to pave the way for the transition to a new government.

While President Donald Ramotar refuses to concede defeat, the heads of the United States, British and Canadian diplomatic missions in Guyana have reiterated their confidence in the tabulation of results from Monday’s general and regional elections.