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Bids were opened on Wednesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for a number of projects under the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and other ministries.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd (right) on Friday  received a courtesy call from  Carlos Amador Përez Silva, Ambassador-designate of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Guyana.The

Senior officers of the Guyana Police Force on Saturday visited Kuru Kuru, Linden-Soesdyke Highway where they met with residents and members of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the New Highway Producers Co-op Society regarding community developments.

Corporal Michael Cumberbatch (left) of the Guyana Defence Force  (GDF) Air Corps, who lost his home in a recent fire, has received a donation to assist with rebuilding efforts.

LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine pleaded for more weapons from the West to help it end the siege of Mariupol and fend off an expected Russian offensive in the east, as more reports emerged of rape and brutality against Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces.

Fuel company RUBIS recently donated $300,700 in board games and puzzles to the Specialists in Sustained Youth Development and Research Incorporated Inc.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – More than 100 lawmakers loyal to Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan resigned yesterday, creating a headache for the new, Western-friendly incumbent Shehbaz Sharif as he tries to drag his country out of political and economic crisis.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations on the Yanomami people, according to research and allegations included in a new report yesterday, blaming high gold prices and tacit government support.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A “fanatical Islamist” inspired by Islamic State was found guilty yesterday of murdering veteran British lawmaker David Amess by knifing him to death in a frenzied attack in a church where he was meeting voters.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported six new COVID-19 cases out of 640 tests that were conducted.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s top election authority, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), told Reuters yesterday it has invited the European Union for the first time to observe its general elections this year, when President Jair Bolsonaro will seek re-election.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Nine out of ten Mexicans voting on Sunday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarized political agenda.

Approximately 15,000 educators from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are set to benefit from professional development training designed for them to assist students in overcoming the learning losses occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile yesterday announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million.

Addressing the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) dinner on Saturday,  Justice Adrian Saunders, President of the CCJ called for the substantive appointment of a Chancellor of the Judiciary and a Chief Justice before the end of the year.

LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine said today its forces were still holding out in the port of Mariupol, where Russia was renewing its assault in a siege believed to have killed thousands of trapped civilians.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A “fanatical Islamist” inspired by Islamic State was found guilty today of murdering veteran British lawmaker David Amess by knifing him to death in a frenzied attack in a church where he was meeting voters.

The police today said that `D’ Field Sophia girl, Makida Quick died yesterday after the bicycle that she was on was struck by a motorbiker.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament chose a more Western-friendly politician, Shehbaz Sharif, as prime minister today, completing the ousting of predecessor Imran Khan in a political crisis that has sparked street protests and a mass resignation of lawmakers.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Nine out of ten Mexicans voting yesterday in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarized political agenda.