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Rice farmers in Region Two on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest on the Anna Regina high bridge to demand higher prices for their paddy.

The Ministry of Health has recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases out of 2,396 tests that were done as of Monday.

Saying they are operating at a loss due to a rise in gas prices, Skeldon’s hire car drivers want to hike fares and are seeking government’s approval although they are private operators.

George Paton, one of the three men accused of the 2018 murder of Bourda Market cheese vendor Troy Ramalho, who was shot during a robbery, is now awaiting his sentencing after pleading to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

A now 22-year-old man who back in 2016 had been charged as a juvenile for the murder of Barima farmer Junior Moses is now awaiting sentence after pleading to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

Children with disabilities in Region Two will soon be able to access specialised learning at a special needs school that will be constructed in the region.

A 19-year-old overseas based Guyanese was shot and killed at Buffalo, New York and a reward of US$7,500 is being offered for any information that may lead to his killer/s.

LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will make his first visit to Europe since the invasion of Ukraine to discuss the crisis with NATO allies next week, the White House said yesterday as the refugee tally hit 3 million amid more Russian air strikes.

PUYO, Ecuador, (Reuters) – Indigenous leaders from nine countries in the Amazon basin met in Ecuador yesterday and demanded South America governments halt extractive industries which damage the rainforest, urging them to respect agreements and legal rulings recognizing communities’ rights over territories.

(Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo yesterday rejected allegations of corruption and told Congress, which passed a motion to impeach him earlier this week, that all branches of government are in crisis right now.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking meetings with political and business groups, and unions, among others, so that they can join negotiations alongside opposition politicians led by Juan Guaido, it said yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is presently engaging the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on regularising the use of electric bikes, Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie has said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress.

The Management of the Guyana-Suriname Ferry Service has announced that the M.V

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday rejected a bid by a retired Venezuelan general to dismiss drug trafficking charges against him on the basis of foreign sovereign immunity, saying the doctrine does not apply to a “rogue state.”

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – An Indian court yesterday upheld a ban on wearing of the hijab in classrooms in the southern state of Karnataka, a ruling that could set a precedent for the rest of the country which has a big Muslim minority.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A U.N. expert told the world’s top rights body yesterday that she had received a preliminary invitation from Washington to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in what could lead to the first-ever visit by one of the body’s special rapporteurs.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A federal appeals court today rejected Exxon Mobil Corp’s XOM.N

With the Caribbean Court of Justice today voiding the section of the Criminal Law (Procedure) Act which empowers the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to order the committal of a murder accused for trial, Marcus Bisram no longer has to answer for the 2016 murder of Berbice carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian air strikes and shelling smashed into buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv today as invading forces tightened their grip, while a convoy of civilians headed out of the besieged port city of Mariupol for safer parts.