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The Government of Guyana today expressed deep regret at the passing of former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Claude Kennard, CCH.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia executed 81 men today, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, for terrorism and other offences including holding “deviant beliefs”, authorities said, in the biggest mass execution in decades.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – A former Nicaraguan presidential hopeful and her brother were found guilty of several financial crimes yesterday, relatives of the two told Reuters.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A Russian law giving Moscow stronger powers to crack down on independent journalism is placing Russia under a “total information blackout” on the war in Ukraine, U.N.

BERGAMO, Italy,  (Reuters) – Italian police have seized a superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, the prime minister’s office said o, a few days after the businessman was placed on an EU sanctions list following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

By Lakhram Bhagirat Amid continuing questions about the relationship between Dr Prem Misir and the PPP/C government, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat yesterday defended his choice for a crucial natural resource transparency body with the argument that everyone deserves to be employed.

The Ministry of Labour’s Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA) yesterday officially launched the National Job Bank, an online platform aimed at improving the access to employment opportunities for jobseekers.

Following a call by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) for the withdrawal of the vaccination requirement for registration, the Guyana Elections Commission on Friday announced that it is waiving the mandate for persons aged 14 to 17 years old.

Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie on Thursday announced that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded an overall 18.8% decrease in serious crime during the last year.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) received a total of 1,692 domestic violence reports during last year, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie has disclosed.

One of the two men charged with breaking into the home of Better Hope pensioner David Ramkissoon and murdering him is now awaiting his sentence after admitting to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

President Irfaan Ali has stressed that no CARICOM country raised the issue of Guyana’s Local Content Legislation potentially being in violation of the Treaty of Chaguaramas when heads of state from the region met in Belize earlier this month.

Guyana and the European Union (EU) on Thursday agreed on a roadmap for implementing the Guyana-EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which aims to improve forest governance and verify the trade in legal timber.

The Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard over the weekend and on Mon-day removed approximately 135 Venezuelan refugees from the Amerindian community of Kabakaburi, Upper Pomeroon, Region Two.

The Greater Guyana Initiative (GGI) – a 10-year project by ExxonMobil and its Stabroek Block partners – has funded a Hinterland Poultry Project valued at more than $120 million (US$608,000) to boost poultry production in the hinterland regions.

A group of Guyanese on Thursday held a peaceful protest outside of the Georgetown High Court to protest against rising cost of living and the country’s deal with ExxonMobil.

Aside from contributing to the overall CARICOM aim of reducing food imports by 25 per cent by 2025, Guyana has a number of internal initiatives planned as it has set the same internal target which it hopes to attain through initiatives such as agricultural expansion, modern farming initiatives, while ramping up the production of high value crops and building the infrastructure for easier transport of crops, President Irfaan Ali says.

Rice farmers in Region Two are still owed close to $48 million in total by two leading millers in Region Two for paddy reaped crops ago.

The Health Ministry on Friday reported that 20 new COVID-19 cases had been recorded from the latest batch of tests.

The Charity/Urasara Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in collaboration with the Regional Administration is continuing with its programme of dismantling vendor’s stalls that are encroaching on the drainage and irrigation system around the market area.