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Following months of dialogue between the Government of Guyana and the Houston Airport System (HAS), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was officially signed on Monday.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) of the Ministry of Public Works is currently investigating the capsizing of a boat on Monday morning at Parika.

With heavy rainfall being predicted for this year’s May/June rainy season, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha said that he has instructed the engineers under the purview of his ministry to ensure all structures are operable as they continue maintenance of key drainage systems across the country.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed dismay over one of the recommendations put forth by the Report of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the aftermath of the arrest of the former BVI premier last week in a drug-smuggling sting operation.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to remain silent on the accusation that it “systematically and knowingly” violated the law in issuing the environmental permit for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail Development Project.

In the face of trade unions renewing calls on the government to sanction the proposed $60,000 minimum wage for private sector employees, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton yesterday said that it is still being considered by Cabinet.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The leader of Haiti’s feared 400 Mawozo gang, which last year abducted a group of missionaries from the United States and Canada, has been extradited to the United States on Tuesday, the Haitian police said.

Seeking to avoid any claim of apparent bias, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan last Friday recused herself from presiding in the trial of the former Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who is accused of misconduct in public office.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico is working with governments of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile to create a lithium association so the countries can share their expertise to exploit the battery mineral, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has decided not to impose any fines on the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) noting that while the company failed to achieve some of its 2021 targets, it did, however, improve in several areas.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has withdrawn an invitation for the European Union to send observers for the October election after President Jair Bolsonaro’s government objected, the EU and the election body confirmed yesterday.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian forces pounded targets in eastern Ukraine yesterday, unleashing rockets on a steel plant that is Ukraine’s last redoubt in the port city of Mariupol as the European Union prepared to slap oil sanctions on Moscow.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police not to pursue a charge against City Mayor Ubraj Narine over the claim that he indiscriminately fired his gun on Boxing Day last year.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) has started the registration of individual vehicle owners as part of the rollout of its automated payment system, General Manager Wayne Watson has said.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic reinforced surveillance on the border with Haiti yesterday and announced an urgent search for one of its diplomats who disappeared there a few days ago.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – America’s decades-old battle over abortion rights exploded anew yesterday as the Supreme Court confirmed a draft opinion that signaled it will soon overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v.

Several zip-lock bags containing suspected marijuana were found under the counter of a shop at La Parfaite Harmonie on Monday night.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Inmates in Bolivia’s overcrowded prisons are now able to reduce their jail time by reading books in a new program influenced by one in Brazil that aims to spread literacy and give hope despite a notoriously slow judicial process.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 3 (Reuters) – J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for the U.S.

After conducting 574 COVID tests, a total of seven new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported yesterday by the Ministry of Health.