Daily Archive: Monday, January 2, 2023

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves arrived today in Guyana for a four-day official visit.

Police are investigating an incident which occurred at 4.30 on Sunday morning in front of Outside Bar at MovieTowne in which a man was shot three times after multiple weapons were fired.

The Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 1.30 am today on the Unity Public Road, East Coast Demerara which resulted in the death of a six-month-old girl.

PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo views 2023 as an opportunity to reflect, calibrate, and complete unfinished business, as well as launch new initiatives and he said that the country is poised for exciting times.

A Corriverton woman is now in police custody after she allegedly fatally stabbed her common law husband last evening. 

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, says that his party will be relentless in ensuring the fair and equitable allocation of the nation’s resources to its citizens.

President Irfaan Ali (left) joined more than 60 regional and global leaders yesterday for the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Some people in China’s key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in COVID-19 infections to return to regular activity today, confident of a boost to the economy as more recover from infections.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court today upheld the legality of the government decision in 2016 to demonetise 86% of the country’s cash in circulation, saying the decision was taken in consultation with the central bank and followed due process.

URENA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Private vehicles started crossing between Colombia and Venezuela for the first time in years yesterday, marking the total opening of the shared border, in addition to cargo and people that have been transiting.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said on Sunday at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggression elsewhere in the city.

 (Reuters) – Dozens of Russian recruits were killed in a Ukrainian New Year’s Eve attack on their quarters in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk province, a source close to the Russian-appointed leadership said today.

(Trinidad Express) Two  men died in a shooting in Maloney on Sunday night.

The Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken has promised a comprehensive probe of a New Year’s Day shooting at Huntley, Mahaicony that claimed the lives of a cop and a fisherman.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president yesterday, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro and vowing a drastic change of course to rescue a nation plagued by hunger, poverty and racism.