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The Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary-Agricul-tural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) at Onverwagt, Region Five yesterday received a $110 million amphibious excavator to aid in the efficient delivery of services for the area, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

Police yesterday confirmed that investigations are continuing into the allegations of rape against former Minister of Local Govern-ment, Nigel Dharamlall, who was released on $500,000 bail after turning himself into the Cove and John Police Station on May 14.  

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is not comfortable with the ruling party’s response to the allegations of sexual misconduct against one of its senior members and feels that national standards of professional conduct must be elevated.

The Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) has unveiled plans to establish a new office in Richmond, with the aim of broadening its membership base and fostering economic growth for businesses in Region Two. 

The riverine communities of Orealla and Siparuta on Wednesday elected Laurence Vandenburg, a 26-year-old teacher to be their new Toshao and he hopes to turn the village into a model for other Amerindian villages by properly managing and utilizing the finance and resources available.

Introduction Chapter 20 of the book is a celebration of the women in politics particularly beginning in 1961 when Moses Nagamootoo joined the PPP as a youth in pre-independence Guyana.

Dexter McDonald, a man who was wanted over a series of robberies and rape was apprehended at Belfield, East Coast Deme-rara (ECD) on Friday.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) –  Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanded yesterday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that would include stipulating who might rule the territory after the war with Hamas.

More than two months after this country said it was ready to sign on to the Samoa Agreement, this still has not been done with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, assuring that Georgetown will be a signatory to the agreement at the next available opportunity.

HANOI, (Reuters) – Vietnam’s Communist Party has named police minister To Lam as the state president, the government said yesterday, and also nominated a new head of the parliament in a major leadership reshuffle.

Ronald Deen, 50, a labourer of Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara (EBD) is in  a critical condition after he was chopped during a row with a security guard at Eccles Industrial site on Friday.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are using the judiciary and police to punish their opponents, 10 local rights groups said at a joint conference yesterday.

-as Guyana prepares for ICAO audit The National Assembly last week approved 16 amendments to the Civil Aviation Act which were identified as needed following a comprehensive review of the 2018 legislation to improve the aviation sector as Guyana prepares for an upcoming audit from the Internation-al Civil Aviation Organi-zation (ICAO).

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Iran yesterday said it will send experts to its ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators in hospitals it said had been stopped due to Western sanctions.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said last night.

TBILISI, (Reuters) – Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported on Saturday.

Mulkumar Bhopaul, 28, a labourer of Lot 18 Betsy Ground Village, East Canje Berbice was arrested on May 15, 2024  for armed robbery on  Sasnarine Somwaru, a rice farmer of  the same village on May 14,  2024.

(Reuters) – Two top Biden administration officials held indirect talks with Iranian counterparts this week in an effort to avoid escalating regional attacks, Axios reported on Friday.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday visited and inspected the ongoing construction of the Conversation Tree to Dennis Street four-lane road project, which a release from the ministry said is progressing rapidly.

LA VICTORIA, Vene-zuela, (Reuters) –  Vene-zuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday he will ensure all political parties are free to operate if he unseats President Nicolas Maduro in a July vote, and he urged the military to uphold the country’s institutions as intended by the constitution.