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Caribbean Airlines’ 737-8 aircraft, 9Y-GUY, made its debut in Guyana today, when it operated as BW 526 from Trinidad with onward service to New York.

Former Prison Warder, Sheldon Prince today pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife to death on December 28, 2016, at the National Psychiatric Hospital.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Tensions between Russia and the West are driving oil prices, rather than the kind of fundamental fuel shortage that would justify accelerated output increases from OPEC+, UAE energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Monday.

Police in Regional Division #1 are currently searching for a man who has gone into hiding after allegedly killing forty-three-year-old Venezuelan national Rafael Antonio Aquino Soto between the 10th and 11th of February, 2022, at Return, Baramita,  North West District.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess yesterday welcomed 56 new recruits following their successful completion of the Basic Recruit Course (BRC) 2021-03.

WINDSOR, Ontario/WASHINGTON/OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – North America’s busiest trade link reopened for traffic late last evening, ending a six-day blockade, Canada Border Services Agency said, after Canadian police cleared the protesters fighting to end COVID-19 restrictions.

KAUNAS AIRPORT, Lithuania,  (Reuters) – A German military aircraft carrying troop reinforcements landed in Lithuania today, the first of several planned NATO deployments amid fears in the region about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

 (Trinidad Express) Wealthy businesspeople are grooming police officers for favours, says acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police have charged one man with the murder of security guard Andy Hosein during a jewellery store robbery last week.

An August 2021 report done for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pointed to the challenges in framing a common vision for the country’s future and says the major parties need to devise a way to form a functioning democracy “based on power-sharing rather than a `winner takes all’ mentality”.

As the private sector begins compilation of a list of possible nominees for the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board, the Opposition says that it will not participate in any parliamentary selection process because it is adamant that the Bill for it was not legally passed, APNU+AFC Chief Whip Christopher Jones says.

Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Newell Dennison has said that while he is not sure of the status of the Amerindian Purpose Fund (APF), he can confirm that the Commission has made no deposits for the years 2020 and 2021.

ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary EEPGL is preparing for the drilling of some 12 wells in the offshore Canje Block and may be able to forge ahead as Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that the project does not require an Environmental Impact Assessment.

The Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Thursday approved $863.6 million to further the government’s medical assistance programme.

Eleven moderate-income families on Saturday received the keys to their newly constructed units in Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme, Greater Georgetown, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

WASHINGTON/KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the United States said yesterday, as it reaffirmed a pledge to defend “every inch” of NATO territory.

In 2021, the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a total of 5,488 calls and delivered 15 babies.

(Trinidad Express) The Central Bank and CLICO are claiming that two former exec¬u¬tive directors of CL Financial (CLF) operated or procured the ope¬ration of two types of Ponzi schemes in the group, which collapsed in January 2009, posing a danger of disruption to the financial system of Trinidad and Tobago.

Aden Persaud, the six-year-old boy who was in need of surgery after being diagnosed with a rare brain tumour months ago, has secured his medical visa and was accepted for treatment at a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

WINDSOR, Ontario/WASHINGTON/OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – North America’s busiest trade link will reopen for traffic, ending a six-day blockade, a top U.S.