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Prime Minister Mark Phillips joined President Irfaan Ali and Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag, in Karasabai, Region Nine, over the last two days to lead efforts to rebuild and repair more than a dozen homes damaged by a windstorm on November 3.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shell has not made a final investment decision for the production of the Dragon gas field, as this decision does not arise until various studies and reports are completed.

-original contract was terminated During a meeting with farmers and residents from Number 48 Village and  neighbouring communities on the Corentyne Coast yesterday, Agriculture Minister  Zulfikar Mustapha said  that the Black Bush Polder pump station is scheduled to be completed before the end of July 2025.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Energy has launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding what appeared to be a gas leak which was captured and posted to social media on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) A Ste Madeliene man who had spoken out on discrimination against homosexuality was gunned down outside his home on Friday night.

The Guyana Securities Council (GSC) yesterday said that effective 23rd October, 2024, Banks DIH Ltd’s (BDIH) application for the deregistration of BDIH pursuant to Section 56(6) of the Securities Industry Act 1998 was approved.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday vowed to work with the incoming U.S.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina has ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilian citizens wanted in their home country for participating in the 2023 storming of government buildings in Brasilia by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, an Argentine source said yesterday.

By Khamisi Slowe GuyExpo 2024 has brought together an array of local businesses and entrepreneurs.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Two flash bombs were fired towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea yesterday and fell into the garden, police said.

(Trinidad Express) State agencies owe the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) $2 billion.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that oil and gas industry executive Chris Wright, a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his pick to lead the Department of Energy.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, along with RDC and NDC Representa-tives from Region Five, yesterday returned to Catherine/Abary, Mahaicony, to conduct a follow-up visit with residents who were affected by Friday’s flooding when the Abary sluice was breached.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – At least 60 people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election in July have been released from prison, local rights group Foro Penal said yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled yesterday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate change, taxing the super rich and addressing the Ukraine war as they negotiated a joint statement before their leaders’ summit.

Assistant Director of the National Defence Institute (NDI), Dr Seon Levius has highlighted cyber operations orchestrated by Venezuela which are targeting Guyana.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy, commenting at a decisive moment after Donald Trump’s U.S.

-SOCU probe found $343.8m in drugs, testing kits unaccounted for The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday charged two former employees of the Ministry of Health’s Material Management Unit (MMU) Bond with money laundering in a probe that found that $343.8m in drugs and COVID-19 testing kits were unaccounted for.

A hearing requested by a local group at the IACHR yesterday heard testimonies of gender-based violence here and at the end of the session the Inter-American human rights body called on Guyana to take action.