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Investigators are probing a break and enter and larceny committed at the D’Urban Backlands home of former President, David Granger during which a number of electronic items were stolen.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Indonesia widened the scope of its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to include crude and refined palm oil, its chief economic minister said yesterday, leaving markets in shock over the latest policy reversal.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian government’s indigenous affairs agency Funai said yesterday that it is looking into a report that a Yanomami teenager died after she was abducted and raped by illegal gold miners on her reservation.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) today held an emergency meeting to discuss several matters related to the Regional Examinations.

WARSAW/SOFIA/KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland today for rejecting its demand for payment in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in a move that also exposed divisions in the EU on how to respond to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

President Irfaan Ali (right) today, held discussions with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson (left) on matters relating to Guyana’s agriculture agenda, the country’s energy potential and Prime Minister Johnson’s Coalition of Forest Alliance Initiative.

Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony today expressed sympathy to the family, friends, and colleagues of Lolita Rebeiro who passed away last evening.

 (Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail today after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases she faces, a source with knowledge of the proceedings said.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today appointed Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, son of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto, as foreign minister, giving his coalition ally a senior role in repairing frayed ties with the United States and other Western countries.

Foulis pedal cyclist Hanchan Basdeo died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital following an accident on Monday on the Enmore Access Road.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gun violence has again rocked Fyzabad, leaving a young man dead and his cousin in a critical condition.

In a pitch to United Kingdom (UK) investors on the advantages of investing here, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that his government will create the infrastructure for development while disclosing that discussions are ongoing with the United Arab Emirates to build a deepwater port.

Eight persons were yesterday awarded cash grants through the Guyana Economic Development Trust (GEDT) to support their unique innovations and businesses.

The construction of a $650 million pump station at Canal Number 1, West Bank Demerara and a 10-tonne paddy seed dryer and pre-cleaning facility at Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice, are among the over $1 billion worth of contracts signed yesterday by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton says that the current dissatisfaction of his advisor Dr Richard Van West-Charles stems from him not being approved as the lead on future engagements  between the government and opposition.

Unable to undertake critical maintenance work during the day, the management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company is piloting a new system by executing much needed works on the harbour bridge at nights, General Manager Wayne Watson said.

A Coverden man died yesterday morning after he was struck down by a lorry while attempting to cross the Bagotstown Public Road.

At a recent meeting in preparation for their appearance at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Finance Secretary Sukrishnalall Pasha stated that he had informed several permanent secretaries to desist from the practice of making advance payments to companies which are deemed as reputable.

A man accused of raping a young woman was on Monday afternoon freed after a jury acquitted him.

A mason was last Friday remanded to prison on a charge that he murdered a fellow North West District (NWD) man.