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UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said yesterday it would restore ties with Iran when Tehran stopped meddling in the affairs of other countries and pledged that Riyadh would continue to work “very hard” to support bids for peace in Syria and Yemen despite the spat.

An Essequibo man was all smiles as he entered the New Year with a brand new car.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States expressed concern yesterday that the Venezuelan government is trying to obstruct the actions of the country’s National Assembly, which convenes today for its first session with an opposition majority in more than 16 years.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Leading players in the sugar industry have given Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) a failing grade for its performance since taking over the Bernard Lodge, Monymusk and Frome sugar factories in 2009.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities took 121 people into custody over the weekend, primarily in Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, as immigration authorities moved to deport families who entered the United States illegally after May 2014, officials said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Peoples National Movement (PNM) constituency of La Brea was the scene of fiery protests yesterday, involving residents angry over the lack of job opportunities and the deplorable state of the road.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s internal revenue service (IRS) said yesterday that it has asked a local court to initiate a criminal investigation of President Michelle Bachelet’s daughter-in-law, Natalia Compagnon, for tax crimes.

(Trinidad Express) Teenager Nathan Barcoo-Campo died on Saturday from chop wounds suffered while trying to defend his mother against a thief at their Las Lomas home.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has said he was joking when he asked an Australian reporter out during a live TV broadcast and said he was sorry if she was offended by the widely condemned remarks.

A bill seeking to soften penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use could have its first reading in Parliament on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The H1N1 virus (swine flu) ought to be taken seriously because people can die from it, former health minister Dr Fuad Khan said yesterday.

A Hope, West Coast Berbice woman was burnt to death in her home yesterday in a fire set by two bandits who first robbed and brutalised the woman and her son.

President David Granger yesterday pledged money to support the Guyana Press Association so that the organisation could provide training programmes for journalists.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran has urged President David Granger to seek a solution to ethnic divisions in the country saying that unless the issue is dealt with, the clefts will solidify and negatively impact the country.

Barring the passage of a law, the National Assembly had no legal basis to direct government’s holding company NICIL and a motion approved by APNU and AFC in 2012 was not legally enforceable, according to advice given to NICIL in 2013 by attorney Ronald Burch-Smith.

Plans are in train for the landscaping and setting up of various amenities on the foreshore/sea defence reserve between the Kitty Pump Station and the Round House behind the Pegasus Hotel.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is inviting proposals from power producers interested in designing and developing a generation system to produce electricity from renewable sources to power Bartica.

Gold declarations for 2015 amounted to 451,490 ounces, representing a 16.5% increase over 2014 figures with the two foreign large-scale gold companies that began operations in the latter half of the year being credited for the increase.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says that tomorrow, Tuesday, January 5, 2016, is the deadline for the submission of applications for approval of symbols to contest the upcoming Local Government Elections.

A son of the man who died in the horrific Carifesta Avenue crash on Wednesday believes his father would have been alive today if the soldier driving a speeding car had been careful.