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A 23-year-old Sophia labourer was fatally shot on Sunday night after he resisted the efforts of two men to rob him of his motorcycle in front of his home.

-leading figures from former Omai Gold Mines Ltd have role Reunion Gold Corporation (RGD) of Canada and G Mining Ventures (GMIN) have struck a deal for gold mining in Oko West in Region Seven.

By Femi Harris-Smith Pacific Development Inc (PDI) has been ordered to refund a woman $6 million dollars for construction of a house it promised, after a court found that the land earmarked for the erection had not been granted by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). 

Public Accounts Committee [PAC] member Ganesh Mahipaul has accused the Government of deliberately cancelling yesterday’s sitting of the PAC because it is aware of the damning revelations contained in the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Auditor General’s Reports.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) –  California will conclude a two-year investigation into Exxon and the fossil fuel industry’s role in causing global plastic pollution by summer and decide if it will file a lawsuit against oil giant, its attorney general told Reuters yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that the control tower at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri received a distress call at 15:20 hours yesterday, alerting authorities of a medical emergency onboard AirEuropa’s flight bound to Spain from Peru.

Chief Labour Officer [CLO] Dhaneshwar Deonarine yesterday declined to comment on scathing criticism from Justice Sandil Kissoon for not discharging his functions in relation to the four-week-long strike by teachers.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says the recent teachers strike has underlined that Guyanese from all races and communities can come together on issues.

UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Israel has yet to provide evidence for its accusations that hundreds of staff with the U.N.

The autopsy for the Corentyne eight-year-old child who died suddenly at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital on Tuesday last was inconclusive.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 32-year-old man from Enterprise, Chaguanas, was killed on Saturday night, along with his girlfriend.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday afternoon received a delegation from Kuwait which is  exploring various investment opportunities, including in infrastructure.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defense lawyer said he committed no crime.

(Trinidad Guardian) In an industry notorious for cutting costs and charging economy passengers for every additional service,  Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is taking a different approach.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised yesterday to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks as the upper house of parliament finally passed required legislation, delayed for weeks by attempts to alter the plan.

(Trinidad Express) A brother of Shumba James – the man who was the main witness for the State in the murder trial against six police officers – was gunned down along with another man yesterday afternoon.

Massy Distribution Guyana, as part of its Forces for Good Initiative, recently donated US$5,000 to the Rotary Club of Garden City.

The University of Guyana (UG)’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology has received its first international accreditation for the Associate of Science in Petroleum Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the London-based International Energy Institute.

(Trinidad Express) Homicide detectives responded to a crime scene in Penal yesterday morning where an 80-year-old retired school teacher was suspected to have been killed in his home.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) –  Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan yesterday, as the war in Gaza continued to reverberate through U.S.