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LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine is prepared to discuss adopting a neutral status as part of a peace deal with Russia but such a pact would have to be guaranteed by third parties and put to a referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in remarks aired today.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that as part of his Government’s economic development programme, a large-scale poultry hatchery and egg production project has been earmarked for Pakuri Village.

Fiuz Hussaine, age 66,  of  Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara (WCD) died this morning following an accident.

Sachin Persaud, 19, of Lot 69 Avenue ‘A’ Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) died last night following an accident at Craig, EBD.

Police Sergeant Kwame Kellman, 34,  died as a result of a fatal incident which occurred about 23:55 hours last night on the Lusignan Public Road.

LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia wants to split Ukraine into two, as happened with North and South Korea, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief said today, vowing “total” guerrilla warfare to prevent a carve up of the country.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canada is increasingly relying on temporary residents to meet its labour force needs, according to a Reuters analysis of official data, but this phenomenon makes workers vulnerable and fails to provide wage growth or stability to businesses, warn workers, advocates, economists and industry groups.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters today.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Protesters jeered and swarmed around far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, streaming into a hotel in the overseas territory of Guadeloupe where she was recording a television program, BFM TV reported today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said Naparima MP Rodney Charles owes this country an apology for dining with a “racist” French parliamentarian while he represented T&T at the United Nations.

Amid a feud over statements about the Trinidadian economy in comparison to Guyana, Port-of-Spain-based businessman Derek Chin has encouraged business people as well as people from all walks of life to head to this country where he said that opportunities are plentiful.

Ahead of a hearing this week on a challenge to the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against requiring an environmental study for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge, environmentalist Simone Mangal-Joly has reported that the regulatory body has failed to provide critical information needed to make a decision on the project.

While the opposition is mulling possible legal action over Speaker Manzoor Nadir’s proposed amendments to Member of Parliament David Patterson’s motion on full liability coverage for ExxonMobil’s operations in Guyana, former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran has said that the Standing Orders do empower the Speaker to reject or proposed amendments to a motion.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says the APNU+AFC government erred in not selling the Marriott Hotel and the current PPP/C administration should dispose of it and ease the burden on taxpayers who are footing the bill on a loan default incurred by the entity.

United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti Barbara Feinstein on Friday met with civil society group Article 13 and a number of issues ranging from the “overwhelming powers” of the President to the government’s recent attack on civil society bodies were raised by the group.

Government is open to civil society scrutiny but will not sit idly by and allow lies to be spread by organisations that claim to be apolitical but are partisan, Vice President Bharat Jagdeo has said.

Region Four Chairman Daniel Seeram, who was under investigation for allegedly threatening his father-in-law earlier this month, will be charged and is scheduled to appear in court on March 31.

A 19-year-old marketing clerk was arrested yesterday morning after a search at her Tucville, Georgetown home unearthed over 37 pounds of cannabis hidden under her bed.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Rockets struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv yesterday, signalling a potential new front in Moscow’s invasion as U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced the removal of the Safe Zone system from April 4 and a change in the requirement of PCR tests to enter T&T to Antigen tests, from today.