In today’s episode, the government said yesterday it will use any safeguards in the contract governing the long-awaited liquefied natural gas import terminal, sounding an upbeat note that any differences with the contractor would get ironed out. In other news, the police confirmed yesterday that the US university from which the former volunteerism commissioner claims to have graduated says it has no knowledge of his existence, and a man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison following the biggest ever drugs bust with links to Cyprus.

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