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For the first time for the year, the Albion/Port Mourant Estate has surpassed its weekly sugar production target, according to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

(Jamaica Observer) – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has acknowledged that despite the efforts of the authorities, high risk prisoners continue to direct their criminal enterprises from behind bars.

Thirty persons hailing from several communities in Region One recently graduated from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Industry and Innovation Unit’s ‘Train the Trainers’ workshop, which has equipped them to conduct training within their communities and outlying ones within the Moruca sub-district.

Saying “civic space” in Guyana is steadily shrinking, local non-governmental organisation Policy Forum Guyana on Saturday said more people need to find their voices on public issues.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis introduced a landmark reform on Saturday that will allow any baptised lay Catholic, including women, to head most Vatican departments under a new constitution for the Holy See’s central administration.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido yesterday called on energy companies with joint ventures in the country to stick to democracy, amid talks over the possibility of the United States easing oil sanctions on the OPEC member nation.

(Reuters) – Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday it has temporarily suspended operations in the city of Tapachula, in Chiapas, after some staff were injured in what it called a “violent” incident involving migrants.

By Ruth Douglas (SciDev.Net) – The war in Ukraine has dealt a major blow to global food security through its impacts on wheat, oil and fertiliser exports, in a world already reeling from COVID-19 and climate change, experts have told SciDev.Net.

(Reuters) – Russians trying to enter the United States at the Mexican border are frustrated they are not getting in like Ukrainians are, despite leaving their homeland over the invasion of Ukraine.

Two persons were killed in a hit and run along the Number 70 Village, Corentyne Public Road on Friday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russia said today it had used hypersonic Kinzhal (Dagger) missiles to destroy a large weapons depot in Ukraine’s western Ivano-Frankivsk region.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Mainland China reported its first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year on Saturday, according to a post on the National Health Commission’s website that said two people died in the northeastern region of Jilin.

A Coverden resident has lodged a new appeal over a decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to once again waive the requirement for an impact assessment for the storage of radioactive equipment by Trinidadian based Non Destructive Testers Limited (NDTL) Guyana in the community.

A lawyer’s letter directing the Beterverwagting/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to make preparations for the passing of the transport for 143.10 acres in the area has set off alarm bells among residents, who fear efforts were being made to steal their property.

A tug and barge yesterday crashed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), dislocating a pontoon anchoring chain.

Guyanese yesterday turned out in their numbers to celebrate Phagwah without the worry of COVID-19 restrictions.

Former cane cutter Warren Dennis, who back in 2017 chopped a woman and severed her left wrist, is now awaiting sentencing after admitting that he attempted to murder her.

Sugar packaging plants from Enmore will be split between Blairmont and Albion facilities as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) aims to reposition itself as a value added producer, a reliable source told Stabroek News.

With 95 per cent of works completed on Eccles to Mandela Avenue alternative road link, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has announced that the road will soon be commissioned.

KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden warned China against helping Russia attack Ukraine in a video call with President Xi Jinping yesterday as concern grew over mass civilian casualties in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.