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A 28-year-old mason was yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of Guyana Defence Force medic, Chavez Mangal.

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill yesterday announced the suspension of the search for three Noble House Seafoods fishermen who went missing off the East Coast on February 19.

Jelon Benny, the prime suspect in the murder of Alex Williams at Number Two Village, East Canje, Berbice was yesterday remanded to prison.

An Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam man suspected of involvement in a robbery at Kimbia, Berbice River was beaten by residents of the community and succumbed on Saturday last.

An Upper Corentyne, Berbice  group formed in January has gathered 262 signatures for their petition for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to appropriately deal with noise nuisance which they argue is a “serious public health issue.”

A tug yesterday morning caught fire and later sank in the Demerara River while at Gopie Wharf, Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

A 23-year-old man is in critical condition after a motorbike ridden by a 16-year-old crashed into a tree stump on the Annai Main Road on Sunday.

MARIUPOL/LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine said yesterday it would not obey ultimatums from Russia after Moscow demanded it stop defending besieged Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are suffering through Russian bombardments laying waste to their city.

Six men on a fishing trip just off of the Liliendaal foreshore, East Coast Demerara were rescued by the Coast Guard and officers of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) after their boat sank.

A man is in hospital with a severed knee following an accident on the Hillfoot Public Road, Soesdyke-Linden Highway on Sunday morning.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia’s false accusations that Kyiv has biological and chemical weapons illustrate that Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering using them himself in his war against Ukraine, U.S.

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday that it would not be possible to negotiate an end to the war in his country without meeting Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported one new COVID-19 case out of 366 tests that were done, underlining a sharp decline in infections.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Hours-long lines formed at gas stations in Cuba´s capital Havana yesterday after local media reported rationing of fuel in at least one province amid a biting economic crisis that has already left food and medicine in short supply across the island.

Bail was yesterday denied to a  30-year-old businessman of East Street in whose home cannabis was  found by the police.

GUANGZHOU, China,  (Reuters) – A China Eastern Airlines 600115.SS Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China yesterday after a sudden plunge from cruising altitude at about the time when it would normally start to descend ahead of its landing.

CARACOL, Belize,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William yesterday paid tribute to Ukrainians struggling for survival in their homeland after he and wife Kate visited a British military training camp in the jungles of Belize during their week-long tour of the Caribbean.

The Ministry of Education’s Special Education Needs (SEN) Unit in observance of Trisomy Awareness Month and World Down Syndrome Day yesterday hosted a virtual conversation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – The Chilean government sent a bill to Congress yesterday to double the size of a fund that helps cushion fuel price spikes to $1.5 billion, after oil prices rose sharply due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.