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The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 25 new COVID-19 cases had been recorded.

NEW DELHI/HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has agreed to allocate cargoes to producers ONGC from India and Maurel & Prom from France to settle debts, but the deals await U.S.

The police today said that  Vinod Gopaul, called ‘Magga’, age 34 years of Yakusari, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice and Anil Sancharra, called ‘Dan Pole’ and ‘Rasta’, age 33 years of D’Edward Village,  were today committed to stand trial for the murders of cousins Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry.

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

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N has begun removing U.S. employees working in Russia, according to a person familiar with the matter.

LVIV, Ukraine/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked his Chinese counterpart in a phone call on Tuesday to use Beijing’s ties with Moscow to stop Russia’s military invasion of its neighbour, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia warned Kyiv residents to flee their homes today and rained rockets on the city of Kharkiv as Russian commanders intensified their bombardment of Ukrainian urban areas in a shift of tactics after their six-day assault stalled.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister told a Geneva disarmament meeting today that Ukraine has been seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, a “real danger” that needed a Russian response.

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

(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Stuart Young has admitted that Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited failed to communicate properly with both the families of the lost divers and the rest of the population.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will not be attending the 33rd Caricom Inter-Sessional meeting which starts in Belize this morning – and which will be the first Inter-Sessional where regional leaders meet face to face since 2020.

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge yesterday insisted that it has the financial capacity to meet its responsibilities in the unlikely event of an oil spill and says it is committed to paying all “legitimate” costs.

The police have received legal advice to charge Corporal Lawrence Carmichael with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving following the February 2nd accident which claimed the lives of Christopher Bhagwandat and his girlfriend, Sheereda Persaud on the Mahaica Bridge.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance Dr.

A 24-year-old motorcyclist died last night after he was involved in an accident along the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) yesterday said that it will operate direct non-stop service between Houston, Texas and Georgetown, Guyana, with onward connectivity to Port of Spain, Trinidad commencing March 22, 2022.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday abruptly ended its statutory meeting after an uproar over the Local Government Commission (LGC) hiring and firing staff without notifying it.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Jermaine Figueira and committee member, PPP/C MP Juan Edghill yesterday clashed over a decision to withhold the names of the purchasers of derelict vehicles which had been  the property of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs At the time, the Auditor General’s 2017 report was being considered by Parliament’s  PAC.

A new search area in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday  failed to produce any evidence of three Noble House Seafoods fishermen or the vessel ‘World Friend 307’ that they were on.

Retired Assistant Commissioner, Clinton Conway has recommended that Deputy Commissioner of Police, Paul Williams be selected as the next Commissioner of Police.