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TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The U.S. and Taiwanese vice presidents had a brief conversation yesterday at the inauguration of the new Honduran president, a rare encounter that is highly symbolic and likely to add to Beijing’s tensions with Washington.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost 150 employees of Scotiabank are set to be out of a job by the end of May.

Senior Minister within the Office of the President with the Responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh said that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) faces serious challenges regarding its long-term viability and work has commenced looking at recommendations to implement lasting reforms to the institution.

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday it was clear the United States was not willing to address its main security concerns in their standoff over Ukraine, but both sides kept the door open to further dialogue.

(Trinidad Guardian) Investigators believe the broad daylight murders of two men who were gunned down while in the car park of South Park Mall, in San Fernando on Thursday, was a well-planned execution.

(Trinidad Express) Seventy nationals have lost their jobs following the decision of the Shanghai Construction Group to throw in the trowel on the construction of the Central Block at the Port of Spain General Hospital (POSGH) project.

Andrew Ridley was on Wednesday remanded to prison after a court heard that he stole several pieces of gold jewellery and a motorcycle.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China has agreed to let the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a report in the South China Morning Post which cited unnamed sources.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said yesterday that Iran had gained influence in Lebanon because Arab states had abandoned the country, stepping up criticism of the Iran-backed Hezbollah and suggesting Tehran wants to erase the Lebanese state.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Supreme Court justice yesterday subpoenaed Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and ordered police to question him in an investigation into leaked documents in which he has resisted testifying.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 26th, 2022, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

Nineteen-year-old Isaiah Edwards, a construction worker of East La Penitence Squatting Area Georgetown, who was stabbed in his right hip about 18:30 hours yesterday allegedly by his stepfather succumbed at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal at noon today.

Police in Regional Division 4A are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 28-year-old Loretta Simon of Cooper Street, Albouystown which occurred today at about 1 pm at her mother’s residence in ‘C’ Field Sophia.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 26th, 2022, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending almost 15 years on remand and facing two trials, two friends from Point Fortin have been freed of murdering a fellow resident in 2007.

With large injections of revenue from the oil and gas sector, Guyana is expected to grow its economy by 47.5% while inflation is pegged at 4.1% for 2022, according to Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh.

Parity in Tax Treatment for Local Content In the interest of ensuring that Guyanese businesses can compete successfully under the new local content framework in the oil and gas sector, the Government will take steps wherever practicable to minimise disparities arising from the tax system that will disadvantage Guyanese businesses against their international counterparts.

With a massive $20.8b earmarked for the planned gas to energy project, the historic tapping of US$607.6m in oil revenues is the major financier of the 2022 budget and the government is projecting a further US$957.6m in petroleum revenues this year.

APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday asked for more time to deliberate on the appointment of a new Leader of the Opposition following Joseph Harmon’s resignation.

Owing to a number of external and internal factors, including intense rainfall and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana saw food prices rising by some 11.6% in 2021 according to Senior Minister with  responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh.