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 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Weather Service Miami-South Florida warned the public on Sunday that immobilised iguanas could fall out of trees due to unusual cold temperatures across the region.

See tomorrow’s edition of Stabroek News for a detailed review by accounting firm Ram and McRae of the 2022 budget.

Following the publication of a wanted bulletin on Friday  and based on information received, police ranks in Regional Division 4C went to a house at Helena #1, Mahaica, where murder suspect Shawn Bobb was arrested.

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Authorities are rushing to prevent an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officials said today the leak that began last week was drifting towards more coastal areas.

(Trinidad Guardian) Virgin Atlantic is back! After a forced break of almost two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK carrier has restarted flights to Tobago as part of a wider resumption of services to the Caribbean.

India’s High Commissioner to Guyana Dr K J Srinivasa today clarified that the company that entered the winning bid for the Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway had offered a 5% discount within its bid and this therefore made it the lowest bidder for the project and not the highest as reported in today’s Sunday Stabroek.

Taking umbrage at criticisms that the proposed 2022 national budget will not improve the lives of ordinary Guyanese, President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said it was built with the framework of expanding opportunities and enhancing the livelihood of every citizen.

Government should stay away from supporting any non-oil project requiring subsidized energy, and instead focus on maximizing the revenues received from the non-oil economy and supporting local content initiatives to push that.

The Ministry of Education is investigating the circumstances that led to two uniformed members of the Guyana Police Force entering the Covent Garden Secondary School’s compound and manhandling a male student.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has said that the government will be intensifying its campaign to go after assets implicated in drug-related offences and others believed to be the proceeds from organised crime.

Five more persons succumbed to COVID-19 between Friday and yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira, says that it is important there not be even a hint of a conflict of interest in the membership of the procurement commission.

The mother of Isaiah Edwards, the youth who was fatally stabbed on Wednesday by her now ex-partner, is hoping that the man will be soon brought to justice.

With $73.2 billion to be allocated for the health sector for 2022, the government has planned a major expansion programme that includes the construction of six modern regional hospitals.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have detained a mayor belonging to the ruling Socialist party and two elected deputies as part of an operation against drug trafficking, the government said, without saying if any drugs were seized.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) on Saturday commended Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh for the recently unveiled national budget, which it says lays the foundation for massive economic growth, expansion of the private sector and the creation of jobs for all Guyanese.

DAKAR, (Reuters) – About 50 people were sentenced to death, many in absentia, in Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday in connection with the murders of U.N.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is inviting young people to apply to join its ‘Young Influencers’ programme The ministry is seeking 25 diverse and dynamic youths between the ages of 15 and 25 years.

(Trinidad Express) – A ten-year-old boy died on Thursday night after he was shot in the head at his home in Arima.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The northeastern United States was walloped by a fierce winter storm yesterday that dropped more than two feet (60 cm) of snow on some areas while packing high winds, prompting thousands of flight cancellations and leading governors in Rhode Island and other states to curtail access to the roads.