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President Irfaan Ali today left for Suriname to attend the 43rd Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

A six-year-old boy of Wakapoa, Lower Pomeroom, Region Two, died on Friday afternoon after he was stung by a scorpion.

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya, (Reuters) – Fury at Libya’s feuding leaders boiled over yesterday as protesters stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk and staged the biggest demonstration for years in the capital Tripoli, in the west.

As he had previously hinted, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has filed a court action challenging the appointments of the chairs of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Integrity Commission. 

After appointing Clifton Hicken as the acting Commissioner of Police citing the doctrine of necessity, President Irfaan Ali has invited the Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton to make written submissions on a temporary appointment.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday appointed four of the five members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) and emphasised the crucial role of oversight of the public procurement process as Guyana has embarked on a transformation phase.

Two persons have been detained for questioning over the murder of 86-year-old Agnes Dillon, whose death has mystified residents in the Mon Repos community.

Former Yarrowkabra miner Naresh Baldeo has been sentenced to seven years and three months for the killing of his co-worker, Mohabeer Gangadeen, who he had beaten during an alcohol-fuelled clash in the Potaro Backdam back in 2017.

Vendors at the Mon Repos market on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are seeking more substantial compensation for losses suffered in Tuesday attack as they contend that the $100,000 grants being paid out by the government cannot offset the loss of their goods and produce. 

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that Donalesa Parks, the East Canje, Berbice woman who was found dead and wrapped in a garbage bag in a drain along the Corentyne Highway on Thursday, died from strangulation.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana, one of West Africa’s largest economies, will hold formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a support package, the government said yesterday, after hundreds took to the streets to protest against mounting hardship.

Unanimously convicted and now awaiting sentencing, Ronald Armstrong on Thursday heard from the impact statement of the woman he raped at gun-point the struggle she has endured to move forward with her life.

An 88-year-old woman of Region Four, Demerara-Mahaica, who succumbed on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, has been added to the country’s list of COVID-19 fatalities.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The union and employers negotiating a new labour contract for more than 22,000 U.S.

BANJUL,  (Reuters) – Gambia has banned timber exports and permanently revoked all timber export licenses in an effort to combat illegal logging, the government said in a statement on yesterday.

The entire Pomeroon-Supenaam Region was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening after the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Caterpillar generating units experienced a “communication breakdown,” which led to a reset of the system at Anna Regina.

ExxonMobil Guyana is seeking suppliers that can construct the planned Guyana Technical Training College in Port Mourant, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s grain exports plunged 43% year-on-year to 1.41 million tonnes in June, the agriculture ministry said yesterday, highlighting the damage being inflicted on a key sector of the economy by Russia’s invasion.

The Anna Regina Municipality in Region Two on Wednesday morning signed contracts for 11 projects worth a total of $18 million and which are geared towards the enhancement of the township.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon said yesterday.