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A manhunt is underway for remanded prisoner, Kavin Singh who escaped from the Lusignan prison yesterday morning while attending virtual court.

Officers from the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) yesterday confiscated several yellow and red-footed tortoises from an individual who was displaying them for sale in an inhumane manner and was not in possession of a permit.

The Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), on Tuesday handed over a recreational facility to the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

Government yesterday assured that the nominee selected by Parliament to sit on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board will be one supported by both the Opposition and Government side of the House.

Residents of Hadfield Street, Georgetown, are complaining about the neighbouring Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT) generators which are emitting thick smoke in addition to being a noise nuisance.

A number of companies on February 1, 2022, submitted bids for various projects at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Board members of four major oil companies declined to appear at a U.S.

VENTANILLA, Peru,  (Reuters) – Spanish energy firm Repsol SA said yesterday it will only finish cleaning up a large oil spill off the coast of Peru in late March, pushing back an earlier timeline it had set of late February.

A Grade 2 Medic of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) last Friday aided a mother with the delivery of her baby while enroute to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre on the East Bank of Demerara.

AMMAN/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S.

The U.S. Embassy in collaboration with the Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) recently facilitated job prepara-tion training for Persons with Disabilities.  

CARTAGENA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Venezuela is moving troops to the border with Colombia with technical assistance from Russia and Iran, Colombia’s Defense Minister Diego Molano said yesterday, calling the possible deployment “foreign interference.”

WARRI, Nigeria,  (Reuters) – An oil production and storage vessel exploded off the coast of Nigeria early on Wednesday with 10 crew members on board though it was unclear if there were any casualties or how much crude might have spilled into the sea.

Some 300 villagers of Issano, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Region Seven recently benefitted from a medical outreach that involved the US embassy and several NGOs including the California-based group, Guyana Medical Relief (GMR).

(Trinidad Express) More than 450 workers are expected to be retrenched from majority State-owned telecommunications provider TSTT.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro met with Peru’s President Pedro Castillo yesterday and pressed him on a project to build a cross-border road that would allow Brazil access to the Pacific.

CARTAGENA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Venezuela is moving troops to the border with Colombia with technical assistance from Russia and Iran, Colombia’s Defense Minister Diego Molano said today, calling the possible deployment “foreign interference.”

Earlier today  between 09:45 hrs and 11:37 hrs, 18-year-old prisoner on remand, Kavin Singh, Lot 291 School Street Grove, East Bank Demerara escaped from the Lusignan Prison Virtual Court compound while attending court.

Shawn Bobb, 27, a construction worker of Lot 252 Independence  Boulevard, Albouystown, Georgetown today appeared in court charged with the murder of his stepson,  Isaiah Edwards, 19.

(Reuters) – Shares in Facebook owner Meta fell 20% in U.S.