Staff Editor

The US, UK and European Union (EU) today issued a joint statement noting that March 2nd has been set for general elections and stating that it is now essential to ensure free and fair elections and they were prepared to aid in this task.

UK High Commission today said that no decisions have been taken on the next phases of two vital projects: the road between Linden and Mabura and the development of the Kingston-Ogle seawall.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Friday to set up an international fact-finding mission to document violations in Venezuela, including torture and thousands of summary executions.

Armed ban­dits killed a home­own­er on his bed and robed his ten­ants, two Chi­nese women, dur­ing the ear­ly hours of this morn­ing, San Fer­nan­do.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former President Jacques Chirac, a political chameleon who dominated French politics for decades in roles ranging from mayor of Paris to the second-longest serving leader of the nation, died today at the age of 86.

(Trinidad Express) Tickets for traffic offences like speeding will start being mailed to offenders this year, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said yesterday.

President David Granger this evening announced that the earliest possible date for the holding of general elections is Monday, March 2nd 2020 but he introduced a caveat that Parliament has to give its approval for an extension of the period that had been set for the holding of the elections,  something the opposition PPP has said it will not be doing.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, in coordination with the U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Scientists behind a landmark study of the links between oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the climate delivered a stark warning to the world today: slash emissions or watch cities vanish under rising seas, rivers run dry and marine life collapse.

(Trinidad Guardian) Eight men, in­clud­ing sev­en Venezue­lans, were ar­rest­ed by Fraud Squad of­fi­cers in con­nec­tion with a card-skim­ming ring in the North­ern Di­vi­sion.

President David Granger today met with his Cabinet and discussed the issue of holding of credible General and Regional elections in Guyana at the earliest possible time.

Convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan, who was detained by the police on Friday night for questioning in relation to the murders of political activist Ronald Waddell and boxing coach Donald Allison has been released from police custody.

Former Chairman of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Board, Hugh Denbow succumbed at a city hospital last evening, hours after his bound body was discovered at his North Sophia home following a suspected home invasion.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s supreme court gave the government the go-ahead today to exhume the remains of dictator Francisco Franco and move them from the state mausoleum in which he was buried in 1975.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Tom Hanks, one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors, is to add another honour to his name with a lifetime achievement award from the organizers of the Golden Globe awards.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down the British parliament for five weeks in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful, the Supreme Court ruled today in a humiliating rebuke to him.

Three former presidents: Donald Ramotar, Bharrat Jagdeo and Sam Hinds will skip this evening’s commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in protest at the presence of Chief Guest, President David Granger who they described as an “usurper”.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland today urged President David Granger and “all relevant stakeholders and institutions” to restore constitutional rule in Guyana by immediately setting an early election date in consonance with its constitution, enabling elections to be held without further delay.

HELMAND/KABUL, Afghanistan,  (Reuters) – At least 35 civilians attending a wedding party were killed and 13 people wounded by explosions and gunfire during a raid by Afghan government forces on a nearby militant hideout, two officials in southern Helmand province said on Monday.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a stage and showered each other with praise today at a “Howdy, Modi!”