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(Trinidad Guardian) The Joint Select Committee (JSC) of Parliament on National Security yesterday heard that some 19,000 containers entered T&T over an eight-month period without being checked by customs officials.

Opposition members yesterday registered strong objections to the Hire Purchase Bill citing the absence of crucial safeguards for the protection of consumers but this did not stop its passage.

In what is increasingly becoming a battle between the government and local councils over jurisdiction for community projects, President Irfaan Ali last night lashed out at the opposition APNU+AFC over its stance on works at Den Amstel on the West Demerara which saw Works Minister Deodat Indar instructing the removal of padlocks placed by the NDC on a sports ground.

A wanted bulletin was yesterday issued for Mohammed Ramzan Shaheed who is accused of robbing and killing an 85-year-old Bushlot, West Coast Berbice woman on Monday morning.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2nd 2020 general elections yesterday learnt that based on documents provided by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) that most of the instructions between March 5 and March 6 of 2020 came from two senior ranks identified as Assistant Superintendents (ASP) Kingston and Nurse and it also heard testimony about the evacuation of the GECOM Chair from the Ashmins building.

Guyana and India discussed cooperation on a broad range of matters including oil and gas when the two sides held the fourth session of their foreign office consultations in Georgetown on Monday.

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Shurwayne Holder yesterday said that his party received unsatisfactory answers to most of the issues it raised with Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) officials at a meeting on Tuesday, Holder, who was speaking at the party’s weekly press conference, said the officials included the commission’s chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh and Chief Election Officer Vishnu Persaud and during the meeting the party raised issues such as the Preliminary Voters List (PVL)  being more suited for national and not regional elections and concerns about the new gazetted boundaries for local authorities.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives committee has obtained access to Donald Trump’s tax returns, following a years-long court fight with the Republican former president who has accused the Democratic-led panel of being politically motivated.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black today and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, whose death has prompted a wave of nostalgia for the more liberal times he oversaw.

Noticing the business opportunities afforded the diaspora as Guyana’s oil and gas sector continues to grow, a young Canadian-Guyanese has established his logistics company here and is welcoming businesses and investors to partner with him.

(Reuters) – Russian forces tried to advance in eastern Ukraine and trained tank, mortar and artillery fire on Kherson in the south, the Ukrainian military said, as Western allies sought to buttress Ukraine and its neighbours against Moscow.

Career diplomat Keith George on November 23rd presented his Letters of Credence to Mary J.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – China, Russia, Algeria and Turkey have pledged to restructure Cuba’s debt, provide new trade and investment financing, and help ease an energy crisis, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told state-run media following a rare trip abroad last week.

A Rose Hall, Corentyne woman and her husband were on Tuesday arrested as police launched an investigation after there were reports of an overseas-based Guyanese man claiming that he was defrauded by a woman in Guyana.

ExxonMobil has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to identify suppliers who can provide Platform Support Vessels (PSV) and Fast Support Vessels (FSV) services next year.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Global police agency Interpol confirmed yesterday it had issued a red notice for Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country’s former president, asking global law enforcement authorities to locate and provisionally arrest her.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Matthew Gangapersaud, the Coren-tyne man who allegedly slashed his ex-wife’s face last month leaving her with an injury that required twenty-eight stitches.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Hakeem Jeffries was unanimously elected on Wednesday to become the Democratic Party’s top leader in the U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has reached a nine-figure settlement with the U.S.

Virjanand Depoo on November 23rd presented his Letters of Credence to Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname, accrediting him as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guyana to Suriname.