UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council that “accountability must be inevitable” for Russia as he accused Russian troops of committing “the most terrible war crimes” since World War Two.
Amid reports that the authenticity of a letter he sent to GECOM had been in doubt, former President David Granger today said that as Representative of the APNU+AFC list he had dispatched a letter to the Chief Election Officer asking him to extract the names of Aubrey Norton and Volda Lawrence to take up two vacant seats in Parliament.
LVIV, Ukraine/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive proposed sweeping new sanctions against Russia today, including a ban on coal imports, as the West responds to evidence of civilian killings in a Ukrainian town seized from Russian invaders.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – At least 41 Sri Lankan lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition today, leaving the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a minority in parliament as it struggles with the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court adjourned until tomorrow a hearing to decide the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s blocking of an opposition bid to oust him, a dispute that has led to political turmoil in the nuclear-armed country.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Chinese authorities today extended a lockdown in Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre’s 26 million people, despite growing anger over quarantine rules in the city, where latest results show only 268 symptomatic daily COVID-19 cases.
(Jamaica Observer) A diplomatic chess game, which started two years ago to oust Baroness Patricia Scotland as Commonwealth secretary general, is now playing out in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) following Jamaica’s decision to nominate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith for the post.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the government is working on a holistic immigration policy to cater for mounting issues such as contractors not being able to find labourers.
Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken yesterday met with Sergeants from across the country and warned them to desist from “harassing” members of the public and admonished that unprofessionalism will not be tolerated.
A 16-year-old La Penitence, Georgetown resident was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon and the suspect is currently in police custody.
In an investment pitch to its Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, the Guyana Manufac-turing and Services Association (GMSA) hopes that glass production here could be to the benefit of both sides.
Stafrei Alexander and Owen Belfield are now awaiting sentencing after being convicted last Friday of the 2015 murder of Linden resident, Richard Remmington, whose decomposing remains had been found in a clump of bushes.
The Guyana Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Centre and the Botanical Gardens, located in Georgetown, reopened to the public yesterday.
Though the Orchid Garden Hotel and Shopping Mall on Mandela Avenue is still a year away from completion two businesses have already opened there.
Amid sharp criticisms of its handling of the approval process for ExxonMobil’s fourth well development, the EPA yesterday said it complied with the law and had conducted public consultations above and beyond what was expected.
Winston Fraser, one of the two men who was shot by the police during an operation in July 2020, succumbed at his East La Penitence, Georgetown home last Friday.
As of yesterday afternoon, the search was continuing for a Corriverton fisherman who reportedly fell overboard while fishing in the Corentyne River in the vicinity of Orealla on Sunday.
The Berbice estates of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) have surpassed 50% of their 2022 1st Crop sugar production target at the half way point in the crop.
The High Commissioner of India in Guyana Dr KJ Srinivasa has congratulated Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Sven Douglas on successfully completing the United Nations Pre Deployment Training (UNPDT) – Training of the Trainers Course held in India.
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and officials from his ministry yesterday met with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-Invest James Scriven and team to examine the range of private sector opportunities in Guyana the Bank can support.
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