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Former prison warder, Sheldon Prince, who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife to death on December 28, 2016 at the National Psychiatric Hospital, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison by Justice Sandil Kissoon who told him that the crime went beyond a case of domestic violence, stating, “it is a cold, calculated act of callous, gruesome premeditated murder carefully planned and violently executed.” 

STEMGuyana is set to benefit from the financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through its IDB Lab, which will help some 1,000 children across 40 communities in all ten regions of Guyana. 

Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett on Monday told the 11th Emergency  Special Session of the General Assembly that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a “threat to the region and countries everywhere”.

With credit for time served and other deductions from an 18-year sentence, Faizal Bacchus was yesterday released from prison over the 2015 killing of proprietor of the Regent Multiplex Mall, Ganesh Ramlall.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s besieged cities were bracing for more attacks today as Russian commanders facing fierce Ukrainian resistance intensify their bombardment of urban areas in a push toward the capital Kyiv.

A data entry error resulted in the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) listing only one of the three companies in a consortium that bid to audit Guyana’s cost oil and the agency’s website has since made a correction to reflect all the companies involved.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative to Guyana and Suriname, Nicolas Pron, yesterday formally presented UNICEF’s Country Programme Document (CPD) 2022-2026 to Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, marking the start of a new programme of cooperation to realise the rights and wellbeing of all children in Guyana.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. intelligence had predicted a likely blistering assault by Moscow that would quickly mobilize the vast Russian air power that its military assembled in order to dominate Ukraine’s skies.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – France declared an “all-out economic and financial war” against Russia yesterday that would collapse the Russian economy as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N yesterday said it would exit Russia oil and gas operations that it has valued at more than US$4 billion and halt new investment as a result of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – The World Court yesterday said it will hold hearings on March 7-8 on whether to order “provisional measures” in a lawsuit brought by Ukraine against Russia seeking a halt to Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has taken the decision to appoint attorney-at-law Kurt Anthony Da Silva as its Legal Officer.

Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh has filed a $70 million libel suit against retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Paul Slowe whom he says has made certain defamatory statements against him.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the European Union yesterday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia, one day after signing an official request to join the bloc.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Canada has decided to refer the situation in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russian forces in Ukraine, its government said yesterday.

New Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Belizean Prime Minister John Antonio Briceño says that the situation in Haiti is a cause for concern for the entire region and while CARICOM is working with the member nation, there are no quick fixes.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden led a standing ovation for the embattled Ukrainian people yesterday in a State of the Union speech that he rewrote to assail Russian President Vladimir Putin for what he called his “unprovoked and premeditated invasion” of Ukraine.

The talk of economic integration and the creation of a single market and economy for all CARICOM member states should be followed by robust implementation, according to the new Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister of Belize, John Antonio Briceño.

A labourer has been placed on remand after police said that he used a knife to rob a woman of her cellphone and cash.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro discussed increasing a strategic partnership between Russia and Venezuela in a phone call yesterday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Kremlin.