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Fifteen new cases of the COVID-19 virus were reported yesterday by the Ministry of Health.

The High Commission of India in Guyana collaborated with the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha to celebrate the occasion of the 184th Indian Arrival Day at the Indian Arrival monument in Palmyra, Berbice yesterday.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A Mexican journalist was found dead in the northwestern state of Sinaloa yesterday, authorities said, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody year for the country which has drawn international scrutiny.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras posted a first-quarter net income that beat forecasts yesterday, just minutes after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro railed against the state-run oil company’s profitability, saying its executives had no sympathy for ordinary people.

Jair Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, is to pay an official visit to Guyana tomorrow at the invitation of President Irfaan Ali.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Scores of Ukrainian civilians including women and children remained trapped today in underground bunkers at a steel works in the ruined city of Mariupol, although President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready to allow them to leave safely.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has recovered more than $23 million stolen from Nigeria by the country’s late military dictator Sani Abacha, it said today, the latest in a series of similar recoveries around the world.

 (Reuters) – Gun battles between rival gangs in Port-au-Prince have killed dozens in the past two weeks and forced thousands to flee their homes, Haiti’s civil protection authority and a U.N.

RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director last year told senior Brazilian officials that President Jair Bolsonaro should stop casting doubt on his country’s voting system ahead of the October election, sources told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as the official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far.

Police are investigating a fatal incident which occurred at about 4.14 am today  on the Windsor Forest Public Road, West Coast Demerara involving motor car #PSS 3117 owned by Naresh Singh of Block AA, Plum Park, Sophia, Georgetown and driven by Kelvin Ghisiawan, age unknown, of Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and his Surinamese counterpart Riad Nurmohamed yesterday inked a US$2 million agreement with WSP Caribbean Limited for the Feasibility Study and Design for the Bridge over the Corentyne River.

The PNCR yesterday called for the May 5th arrival observances to be designated as Indian Arrival Day.

Roberto Narine, the drunk driving accused who allegedly caused the death of 27-year-old Ian Mekdeci due to dangerous driving, was yesterday afternoon charged with the crime and granted his release on $200,000 bail.

Guyana has moved up 17 spots in the press freedom rankings moving to 34 out of the 180 countries listed on the 2022 World Press Freedom Index which was compiled by Reporters without Borders (RSF).

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has found that a Guyana Chronicle report containing statements made by Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton against APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira to have amounted to libel.

The Full Court has ordered a stay of the hearing of the Police Service Commission’s (PSC) challenge to the suspension of its Commissioners by President Irfaan Ali and the non-promotion of ranks.

Private security firms are required to be compliant with the established rules and guidelines and Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn and Commissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken has warned that unprofessionalism will not be tolerated.

Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul yesterday freed Devendra Rampersaud, a pharmaceutical supplier of the charge of supplying the Ministry of Health (MOH) with expired HIV test kits.

A Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) businesswoman is now counting her losses after thieves broke into her supermarket and carted off  millions of dollar in cash and other valuables.