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Guyana yesterday welcomed  a statement by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday on Venezuela’s promulgation of `The Organic law for the Defense of Guyana Esequiba’.

Navindra Narine, aka Akash, a 20-year-old businessman has been charged with causing the  death of Anjalie Khemraj, 16, by dangerous driving.

Guyana yesterday signalled support for a second International Decade for People of African Descent.

Stephan Hope, a 31-year-old security officer of Haslington, East Coast Demerara has been charged with the murder of Ashanti Liverpool.

As part of its efforts to enhance cybersecurity resilience here, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) yesterday unveiled 43 new policies as part of government’s National Cybersecurity Policy Framework.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – The U.S. and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set to meet for a third time on Wednesday to decide a response.

Following the incident that surfaced with the Queenstown Secondary School student of Venezuelan lineage who was assaulted by her colleagues, a Venezuelan mother has decided to speak out about her own children being bullied.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL), remains in the dark on the costs for the rental of the powership from Qatari company, UCC, but President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the vessel will leave Cuba today for Guyana.

(Reuters) – A section of TC Energy’s TRP.TO NGTL gas pipeline system in Alberta ruptured and caught fire yesterday, sparking a wildfire in a remote area, which is currently being held, the company said.

A man was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after he was charged with attempting to murder another with a cutlass.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Vietnam has mounted an “unprecedented” rescue of Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), a lender engulfed in the nation’s biggest financial fraud, according to three bank documents and new official information provided to Reuters by a person with access to the documents.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service,  Ashni  Singh yesterday joined President  Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister Mark Phillips at a meeting with a delegation from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The first seven jurors were selected on Tuesday to serve on Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial, as the selection process continues to choose a panel of 12 members and six alternates who can be fair to the former U.S.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A court’s ruling that residents of a polluted Peruvian mining town have the right to a healthy environment could be a milestone for similar cases in Latin America, though the blighted community still faces hurdles in its fight for justice.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s government yesterday named the members of a transitional council set to take power when Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down – inching closer to putting in place measures that could restore security in the violence-wracked country.

The Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force yesterday initiated a joint operation in Georgetown called ‘Eye in the Sky’.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A renowned Venezuelan activist was arrested for his alleged involvement in a reported assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro last month, the country’s Attorney General Tarek Saab said late yesterday.

 (Reuters) – Argentina has bought 24 F-16 jets for its air force from Denmark, President Javier Milei and Defense Minister Luis Petri said in a video posted on X on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev said today he made a mistake and apologised to a court for defying its orders to stop misleading advertisements that claim his traditional ayurvedic medicines can cure chronic diseases like diabetes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Digicel Group has announced Marcelo Cataldo as its new group chief executive officer, effective May,1.