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The Ministry of Education today announced that it had advised the withdrawal of an essay competition asking children about how they had benefited from the free breakfast provided to them.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West today of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world’s biggest nuclear power as Russia marked the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British foreign minister David Cameron urged fellow NATO members today to meet pledges to spend 2% of GDP on defence, saying a tougher foreign policy is needed in a world more dangerous “than most of us have ever known”.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men’s genitals and uploaded videos to his “Eunuch Maker” website was jailed for a minimum of 22 years in a London court today.

(Trinidad Express) For the first time in this country’s history an auditor general has filed a lawsuit against an attorney general.

-after they refused compulsory acquisition offers -Edghill says amounts being sought `outrageous’ By Marcelle Thomas With only six of the 21 residents in the pathway of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge accepting government’s compulsory acquisition package for the lands already now owned by the state, notices of eviction and demolition of property were yesterday served to the remaining homeowners.

-but Qatar Energy consortium close No contract has been entered into as yet from the 2022 oil blocks auction but the consortium of Qatar Energy, TotalEnergies, and Malaysian state-owned oil firm, PETRONAS has gone the  furthest in current negotiations with the government, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed yesterday.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – An ExxonMobil led oil consortium has achieved peak production of 252,000 barrels per day from its Liza Unity production vessel, Exxon Guyana Country Manager Alistair Routledge said yesterday.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A 22-year-old Guyana Defence Force soldier is in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot by one of three masked men who invaded his Mon Repos residence early Monday morning while he was drinking with a relative and neighbour.

US Marine Corps Major General Julie Nethercot visited Guyana from May 6th  to 8th  in what Washington says is a sign of  its commitment to partnering with the GDF and significantly her directorate addresses matters such as deterring aggression and defeating threats.

A delegation of over 50 Guyanese attending the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, USA, were given a tour of the facilities of US-based consortium, Lindsayca-CH4 (LNDCH4). 

The driver of  Toyota Land Cruiser PAE 528 along with two other men who allegedly verbally abused police ranks at a roadblock yesterday appeared before Magistrate  Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove  Magistrate’s court.

The Canada-funded `Strengthening Justice for Women, Girls, and Indigenous Peoples in Guyana project’, implemented by the Justice Education Society (JES), recently hosted training for 26 medical professionals on the proper use of sexual assault evidence collection kits, which were donated by the project to the Ministry of Health in February of this year.

The police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two men over armed robberies on businesses owned by Chinese nationals.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil yesterday amid more rain and the risk of lightning and stiff winds that threaten to exacerbate a catastrophe that has already killed at least 100 people and left over 163,000 seeking shelter.

On Tuesday, April 08, 2024, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) officially welcomed 24 newly graduated constables into the Immigration Department.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s congress, controlled by President Daniel Ortega, yesterday repealed a law which had given a little-known Chinese investor a concession of up to 100 years to build and operate a canal between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – China is investigating a former senior executive of China National Offshore Oil Company, or CNOOC, for suspected “serious disciplinary violations”, the country’s anti-graft watchdog said on its website late on Monday.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s president-elect, Jose Raul Mulino, said yesterday he will urge lawmakers to approve a law enabling the Panama Canal to build large water reservoirs in the face of an unprecedented drought that has hit the capacity of the vital waterway.