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(Trinidad Express) In the space of 24 hours, five people were shot dead in separate incidents across Trinidad and Tobago.

Police, during an intelligence-led operation on Saturday, discovered 195.7 grammes of cannabis in a house at Best Village, West Coast Demerara.

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations on Sunday after Argentina’s President Javier Milei made derogatory comments about Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife during a far-right rally in Madrid.

Vaughndel Tobin, a 25-year-old of Charity  Back Street, Essequibo Coast was sentenced to one year in prison last week, after he pleaded guilty to possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has announced that the replanting of cane has commenced at the Skeldon Estate that will be crushed at the Albion and Rose Hall factories. 

Six major projects were recently awarded in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), which will result in significant infrastructural development for residents and farmers.

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine’s second largest city on Sunday and also attacked villages in the surrounding region, killing at least 11 people and wounding scores.

The Guyana Defence Force says it stands in support of Private Azim Khan, who is currently battling for his life in the ICU after the tragic home invasion incident at Mon Repos on May 9th.

(Reuters) – Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs posted an apology to social media on Sunday, two days after the release of hotel surveillance video that appeared to show him attacking his ex-girlfriend.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed today as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident.

(Trinidad Guardian) An early morning shooting at a popular liming spot in Sangre Grande has left two people dead and two others fighting for their lives at the hospital after undergoing emergency surgeries.

(Trinidad Guardian) “What a desperately bad place we’re in in Trinidad and Tobago.” These were the words of the former principal of the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Prof Clement K Sankat, who was robbed yesterday morning. 

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia said today  that Ukraine launched a major 62-drone attack on Russian regions forcing one oil refinery in southern Russia to halt operations, and that Kyiv’s forces had fired U.S.,

-should not be means to target, control – GHRA Government is working on legislation aimed at registering non-governmental organisations (NGO) and says that it will consult with local groups when the draft is complete.

-650 already registered for first phase There is a growing need for welders in the oil & gas sector and in response, government is stepping up training efforts with the aim of targeting 3,000 Guyanese, through a new programme by the School of the Nations in collaboration with the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL).

The police and the Ministry of Labour are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 19-year-old of Lot 105 Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara, who was electrocuted on Friday while installing gutters on a three-storey building under construction at 27 Norton Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown.

Police are investigating the murder of 19-year-old Orlando Samaroo of Lot 439 Belle West, West Bank Demerara, which occurred between 2024-05-16 and 2024-05-17 at Belle West (Phase #2).

The Government of Suriname has not yet issued the 150 SK fishing licences to Guyanese fishermen, which were promised in 2021 following an agreement between the two countries, and President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said that he was dissatisfied at the situation.

One person died last night after being hit by a motorcar on Eccles Public Road, East Bank of Demerara.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has asserted its refusal to become a puppet of any political organisation and says it will not stand idly by as its members are attacked or defamed.