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Annieshaw Gaffar, a 35-year-old housewife said: “The cost of living is affecting my family and I because I have a shortage of items for the home.

A taxi service owner, previously remanded to prison on 13 false pretence charges faced yet another on Thursday and was again denied bail.

A Continuing Medical Education (CME) session and an appreciation dinner marked the tenth anniversary of the Epilepsy Foundation of Guyana (EFG) on Saturday at the Herdmanston Lodge.

The Auditor General’s 2019 report has revealed that the Audit Office was still unable to verify the completeness, accuracy, and validity of the expenditure of $475.635 million paid by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in 2017.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine attacked Moscow on Sunday with at least 34 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city’s major airports and injuring at least five people.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) discussed its strategic approach to the upcoming 2025 Regional and General Elections during its two-day General Council meeting at Congress Place, Sophia.

CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday, including two dozen when a residential building in the northern town of Jabalia was hit, Palestinian health officials and a human rights group said.

In a virtual address at the University of Guyana’s 58th convocation ceremony last week, President Irfaan Ali said that free education should not lead to a reduction in quality but rather serve as a catalyst for elevated standards.

(Reuters) – Gunmen killed 10 people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Queretaro late Saturday, authorities said, adding to a wave of violent crime that is gripping several areas of the country.

HAVANA (Reuters) – A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Cuba on Sunday, according to the U.S.

El Dorado Offshore (EDO), Noble Cor-poration and MATPAL Marine Institute have announced the launch of applications for the Noble Marine Cadet Programme.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Fire broke out on a Japanese warship sailing near the western part of the country, causing one crew member to be hospitalised due to smoke inhalation, while another was missing, Japan’s navy said on Sunday.

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), through its facilitating agency, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA),in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Guyana, launched the national Digital Readiness Assessment (DRA) that will inform decision-makers on policy design and guide the mapping of Guyana’s digital transformation path, a joint OPM/UNDP release has announced.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Widespread deportation of foreign-born workers from the United States probably would disrupt some businesses, but the impact on inflation and the broad economy would depend on the details, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Sunday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A million-dollar birthday celebration for Ancel Villafana that was scheduled to take place at the Beetham Gardens Recreational Grounds today was cancelled late on Friday after permission was rescinded by the authorities.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti will name entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aime to replace Prime Minister Garry Conille, who was tapped for the role in May, according to a transitional presidential council draft resolution seen by Reuters.

The PNCR is in the midst of a two-day General Council which will end at Congress Place, Sophia today.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – An earthquake rocked eastern Cuba today, shaking buildings in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city, and the surrounding countryside.

(Trinidad Guardian) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that T&T’s foreign exchange restrictions are not consistent with the Fund’s Articles of Agreement.