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MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with U.S.

AVIGNON, France,  (Reuters) – A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty today of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in a case that has horrified the world.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a day after Social Development Minister Donna Cox defended proposed legislation that would impact the elderly’s access to the Senior Citizens’ Pension Grant, Attorney General Reginald Armour is now saying the controversial amendment that would have seen people with savings of over $25,000 become ineligible for old-age pension, was included in error.

(Trinidad Express) A Barrackpore contractor was shot dead at a friend’s house before daybreak on Tuesday morning.

-after marathon session By Khadidja Ba A bill brought by the state to speed the acquisition of land for public purposes was passed yesterday after a marathon parliamentary session that saw exchanges over the ancestral lands of African Guyanese and fierce heckling from both sides.

Residents of Port Kaituma in Region One were among the latest to receive the $100,000 one-off cash grant promised by the Government of Guyana for every citizen 18 years and older, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday. 

-plus seven years for attempted murder of another Forty-two-year-old Lester Lawrence La Fleur, called ‘Turtle’, stood motionless as Justice Zamilla Ally-Seepaul yesterday imposed on him a 21-year sentence after he had pleaded guilty to the offence of murder, committed on 15-year-old schoolboy Carlos Leung-A-Wah.

-EPA says no environmental study required A fuel blending facility spearheaded by local fuel distributor Shi-Oil has been proposed for Maripa along the Essequibo River.

-says Guyana’s deepwater developments `most successful’ in the world Marking five years of oil production here today, ExxonMobil yesterday said that “it is an achievement that underscores the transformative potential of the country’s growing energy sector.”

The foreign ministers of CARICOM and Japan have reiterated the call for the peaceful resolution of the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

A Guyanese citizen has died while in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Miami, Florida.

Police are looking for a Brazilian suspect who is wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Brian Marco called ‘Toney’, or ‘Regular Boy’, which occurred on Monday at Omai backdam, Region Seven.

Bryan Lychcott, 62, of Lot 2589 Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who collapsed and died at the Alberttown police station after being arrested on Monday, had suffered a heart attack.

The fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her daughter at Westminster, West Bank Demerara, last Friday, was electrical in origin, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham says.

(Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Tuesday it has taken Exxon Mobil’s (XOM.N) local

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump yesterday disrupted bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown as he pressured his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past the end of the week.

By Khadidja Ba In the midst of a nationwide effort to distribute $100,000 to Guyanese 18 years and older the question should be asked whether the homeless in particular shouldn’t be provided with the benefit.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday met with executives from Barson Strategy Group (BSG) and Australia’s Macquarie Group Limited at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana’s Supreme Court yesterday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the president to sign it into law.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate yesterday passed a bill banning cellphones in schools across the nation and sent the proposed legislation to be signed into law by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.