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Publisher of the Kaieteur News Glenn Lall yesterday declined to confirm or deny ever having a discussion with US Embassy officials here about possible motives behind the killing of five of his press men back in 2006.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday challenged anyone to produce evidence that ties him to drug dealers or the drug trade.

In the face of a continuing leadership imbroglio in the United Force (TUF), Manzoor Nadir yesterday denied suggestions from the party’s presidential candidate Valerie Garrido-Lowe that he was behind recent moves to unseat her as party leader.

A team of experts is expected in Guyana soon to commence building two dust collecting units at the Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated (BMGGI), which are expected to be operational by February 2012.

Crimes in the interior mining districts and the rapid increase of vehicles on the roads are both demanding more attention by the police force, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said yesterday.

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) was officially launched last Saturday with the goal of promoting good governance through the empowerment of citizens to demand a country where there is transparency, accountability and anti-corruption standards from both public and private sector officials.

Investigations into last month’s fire that gutted the Transport and Harbours Department’s (T&HD) bond at Urquhart Street, South Cummingsburg and severely damaged the Mings Products and Services Ltd boat building facility, point to arson.

A common tourism policy for the nine-nation Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is expected to come into effect on October 1, 2011.

Guyanese Ashana Nelson has won ten gallons of premium Ulttima paint simply by ‘liking’ Harris Paints on Facebook.

Dwayne Jordan will have to face trial at a later date for the murder of his wife after a hung jury returned to the courtroom of Justice Roxane George following several hours of deliberations yesterday, unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

The owners of several businesses, including a Robb Street clothing store, have accused a senior member of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of using his position to stifle their trade, but GRA head Khurshid Sattaur countered that the businesses have a vendetta against officers attached to the revenue body.

A 74-year-old pensioner was yesterday morning killed on the spot, after a route 41 minibus slammed into the scooter he was riding.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Police officers testifying at the trial of Hosni Mubarak said yesterday they were not aware of orders to shoot at protesters, as scuffles erupted inside and outside the courtroom between supporters and opponents of the ousted Egyptian president.

With the laying of government’s fibre optic cable from Brazil completed, the project is now moving into its next phase which includes connectivity and testing.

LONDON (Reuters) – Four former executives from News Corp’s UK newspaper arm will appear before a powerful parliamentary committee today in the ongoing hunt to establish who knew what about phone hacking and whether James Murdoch did enough to uncover the scandal.

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s famously seedy border city of Tijuana is enjoying a lull in drug murders as the country’s most powerful cartel gains the upper hand over its rivals.

An operational error at the Wartsila plant at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara was the cause of bouts of blackout in the city and other parts of Demerara on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) From yesterday the curfew hours have been relaxed to 11 pm to 4 am, giving members of the national community three more hours on the streets.

Murdered University of Guyana student Anthony Ting-A-Kee was shot in the heart, a post-mortem examination (PME) yesterday revealed and a woman has been taken into custody.

NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces have massed outside a pro-Gaddafi desert town that has refused to surrender, building a field hospital in preparation for a possible last stand.