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Police ranks nabbed a 36-year-old gold miner who was found to be in possession of 71.5 grams of marijuana at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, at about 4.30 pm on Sunday.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – A group of supporters of Argentine President Javier Milei announced the creation of what they termed an armed wing of his libertarian party, touting the group as loyal foot soldiers determined to defend the far-right politician’s agenda.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Denmark will convert 15% of its farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage, which has resulted in severe oxygen depletion in Danish waters as well as the loss of marine life, lawmakers said yesterday.

GENEVA/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Nearly 100 trucks carrying food for Palestinians were violently looted on Nov.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In an assembly of civil society representatives, Richard Jones, executive director of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), has called for enhanced whistleblower protections for the nonprofit sector.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Currency depreciation is set to reverse years of declining inflation in economically beleaguered Venezuela, public and private sector sources say, as foreign currency sales fall short of demand and the socialist government keeps tight-lipped about its strategy.

The second audit report of ExxonMobil’s US$7.4 billion in costs which the Vitality Accounting, Haynes and Ramdihal and Eclisar Financial (VHE) consortium had undertaken in 2022 was handed over to the government and was sent to ExxonMobil last week, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has said.

Ongoing construction of the public road between Duncan Street and Sawpit Turn in Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, has again raised serious safety concerns among residents and passersby.

–Suspect commits suicide By Shuntel Glasgow A 28-year-old mother of four succumbed to her injuries two days after she was brutally chopped by her abusive reputed husband last Thursday night at Supply Squatting Area, Mahaica.

Four people, including a teenager, were arrested hours after they allegedly stabbed and killed  40-year-old chainsaw operator Davanan Hosea, a resident of Hillfoot squatting area.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has stated that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is transforming intelligence information into evidence in order to locate Joshua David and Delon Alexander, who it is hoped are still alive, despite the fact that the information does not point to a positive outcome.

Senior Minister within the Office of President with responsibility for Finance and Public Service Dr Ashni Singh yesterday announced additional measures to improve ease of access to the Student Loan Write Off Programme initiative by prospective beneficiaries.

Sherwin Nicholson, a 34-year-old teacher of Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice, has been named the University of Guyana Berbice Campus’ (UGBC) Best Graduating Student for the academic year 2023/24.

Police are investigating a report that shots were fired around 3 am on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at the Port Mourant Market, Corentyne, Berbice, following which, a food vendor lost her haversack and valuables.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

A special preview of the Caribbean Climate Justice anthology “Writing For Our Lives” will be unveiled at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), offering a powerful glimpse into the voices of Caribbean writers addressing climate change.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made

A 13-year-old girl is currently hospitalised after sustaining injuries in an incident that occurred around 20:00 hrs on Saturday, on Dennis Street, Sophia in the vicinity of Section ‘C’ Field access road.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Slow-moving Tropical Depression Sara unleashed major rainfall over Honduras this weekend, causing at least one death while forcing thousands to flee their homes and destroying bridges and a highway due to flooding, officials said on Sunday.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured in an Israeli strike on a multi-storey residential building housing at least six families in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town on Sunday, medics and residents said.