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The Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) has partnered with the Guyana Police Force in an initiative to address rising crime and improve security in Regional Division #2 by donating two new motorcycles.

(Reuters) – The United States will ship more than 500 interceptor missiles to Ukraine in the weeks ahead, speeding up Washington’s military aid delivery to the war-ravaged country, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

As part of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) outreach programme to communities across the regions, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday visited the communities of Orealla/Siparuta along the Corentyne River in Region Six where he handed over items to the villagers to further boost their production.

(Trinidad Guardian) RBC is insisting that recent foreign exchange limits announced to its credit cards are necessary in the face of a steady increase foreign currency transactions but no corresponding increase in supply.

(Reuters) – Russia has pledged to provide Cuba with approximately 80,000 tons of diesel fuel worth $60 million to assist the island nation in its energy crisis, Russian state-run RIA news agency reported on Friday, citing Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline `GYSBI terminated 65 employees after gas to energy task came to an end’ it was incorrectly reported that ExxonMobil was the client that GYSBI was doing work for.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not be asked to join his administration.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s presidential transition effort said today that a Republican operative who outlined some potential contours of a U.S.-backed

QUETTA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police and other officials told Reuters.

Guyana has once again topped the region in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and has managed to dominate in multiple categories.

-says all benefits paid By Milton Grannum Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI) yesterday said that following the completion of a project which it had been working on for the oil and gas industry it terminated the services of 65 persons and paid them in lieu of notice.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday clarified that while no “special” legislation will be put in place for the planned $100,000 disbursement to all adults it will be covered by a supplementary appropriation in Parliament.

-slams GGDMA Slamming the miners association, the  South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) yesterday called again on the government to suspend mining in the Marudi area in light of the rising security threats.

The Mehra family, which launched the  Vivaanta Spa here  in 2019, is now venturing into the automotive industry with the launch of Vivaanta Auto Spa.

The two men allegedly involved in the staged multi-million-dollar robbery — Paramdeo Victor of Rosignol and Cornell Taylor of Ithaca, West Berbice — were charged and placed before the court yesterday.

Another local private sector initiative has been put in place to assist small businesses grow and develop, recognising that such enterprises are an important part of Guyana’s economic growth.

The Ministry of Housing and Water’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday concluded its landmark 50th “Dream Realised” housing drive, successfully allocating lands to 450 individuals at De Endragt-Phase 2 and La Bonne Intention-Phase 3, East Coast Demerara, a CH&PA release announced.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Office said yesterday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.

Kaprese Nobrega and Shay Carter were yesterday found guilty by a jury in the 2020 killing of Kevin Campbell.

(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, the New York Times reported yesterday.