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COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigned today, hours after clashes with pro- and anti-government demonstrators in the commercial capital Colombo amid the country’s worst economic crisis that has spurred protests by thousands.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin evoked the memory of Soviet heroism in World War Two to inspire his army fighting in Ukraine, but offered no new road map to victory and acknowledged the cost in Russian soldiers’ lives.

(Trinidad Express) The Cunupia Business Chamber said yesterday it was “saddened by the brutal killing of Darryl Dindial, an outstanding member of the Central community”.

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) has written to Guyana requesting that it provide a response, no later than July 15, 2022, to allegations of various rights violations relating to the indigenous community of Chinese Landing and the Wapichan people.

Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal has denied that 20 squatters’ structures were bulldozed at Amelia’s Ward, Linden beginning on May 5th and he defended the move to clear the way for an access road stating that adequate notice had been given.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday invited expressions of interest (EOI) for pre-qualification for the construction of the bridge over the Corentyne River.

A cone-shaped wind was seen in Region Five during a ferocious storm that tore through a 1.2-mile stretch, causing damage to over 20 properties and leaving residents scrambling for shelter.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday met with residents from several communities in the Port Mourant area on the Corentyne Coast and assured them that the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) was working to mitigate flooding across the coast.

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd has hailed Beijing’s “commitment to true multilateralism” and restated this country’s support for the One China policy.

Persons in the Walton Hall/Paradise communities in Region Two breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday morning when they were told they would be finally able to process transports for their lands which were under the co-operatives for decades.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – About 60 people were feared dead after a bomb struck a school in eastern Ukraine, authorities said, while Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to lead celebrations today marking the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

Facilities across the West Demerara/Essequibo Islands are being upgraded for the storage of life-saving drugs, Regional Health Officer Dr Erica Forte told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Polls opened in the Philippines today in the country’s most divisive presidential election in decades, with the prospect of a once-unthinkable return to rule of the Marcos family, 36 years after they were toppled in a “people power” uprising.

As part of its  continued efforts for persons to have access to its registration services, the General Register Office will be conducting a two-day registration exercise in Region 10, Next Saturday May 14, 2022 from 10 AM at the Watooka Guest House and Sunday May 15 at the Kwakwani Workers Club and the Howell Wilson Primary School, Ituni.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday during a visit to Cuba that he will emphasize to his U.S.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – The world will do everything possible to ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin loses his war in Ukraine, including keeping Moscow under sanctions for years, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late yesterday.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported thirteen new cases of COVID-19.

The market capitalisation of the Guyana Stock Exchange crossed the $1 trillion mark at the end of trading on April 25, 2022.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new weapons and equipment for Ukraine today after an unannounced visit to Kyiv, the capital.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said today.