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With the country’s first sale of carbon credits, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has congratulated the government and said the country is once again on the forefront of environmental protection and mitigation of the existential challenges posed by climate change.

(Reuters) – OPEC+ will likely stick to its oil output targets when it meets on Sunday, five OPEC+ sources said on Saturday, a day after the Group of Seven (G7) nations agreed a price cap on Russian oil.

(Trinidad Express) – Thirty-eight-year-old Renelle Johnson, a former member of the US Army, is expected to appear before the Princes Town Magistrates Court on Monday after being charged with the murder of her mother, Patsy Ramcharan.

(Reuters) – Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of China’s virus curbs gathered pace.

The agriculture sub-committee of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has since completed its first round of Awareness and Training Workshops in Region Six, which has benefitted a total of 115 farmers and agro-processors.

(Reuters) – A refining unit that turns crude oil into fuel at Venezuela’s largest crude processing facility has broken down, three people familiar with the operations told Reuters on Friday, halting production at the key gasoline producing plant.

(The Gleaner) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been named by the Financial Times as one of the 25 most influential women of 2022.

Environment Hess to buy US$750m in Guyana’s carbon credits over 10 years, 15% of monies to go to Indigenous communities: Hess Corporation, one of the partners in Guyana’s lucrative offshore oil block, on Friday inked an agreement for the purchase of US$750m of this country’s carbon credits over 10 years and 15% of the monies will go to Indigenous communities.

(Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police have charged thirty-eight-year-old Renelle Johnson, a former member of the US Army, with the murder of her mother, Patsy Ramcharan.

The Minister, Officers and staff of the Ministry of Education say they are deeply saddened at the passing of Lorraine Barker-King who was serving as Administrator of the Unit of Allied Arts up to the time of her death.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced today the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

The Amerindian Peoples Association today called on the government to end its inaction on issues affecting the Region One Community of Chinese Landing.

(Reuters) – President Ebrahim Raisi today hailed Iran’s Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has cost more than 300 lives.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Clico Policyholders Group (CPG) chairman Peter Permell says Clico can easily afford to pay outstanding monies to policyholders, as it is now “extremely profitable.”

Hess Corporation, one of the partners in Guyana’s lucrative offshore oil block, yesterday announced the purchase of US$750m of this country’s carbon credits over 10 years and 15% of the monies will go to Indigenous communities.

Audrey Harris, a 75-year-old woman of Lot 11 Princes Street, Georgetown, was murdered yesterday morning  and her “mentally ill” nephew who resided on the ground floor of her two-storey house is being sought in relation to the killing.

Ruling that no stay would be granted, or additional time for appeals to first be heard on interlocutory issues, Justice Gino Persaud yesterday cleared the way for the substantive action challenging the suspension of the previous Police Service Commission (PSC) to move forward.

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) has moved to the courts over the Government’s refusal to pay its $8 million monthly subvention.

Swift action by lawmen yesterday led to the apprehension of a man after he brutally murdered his common-law wife at Hill Foot, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.