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DUBAI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy, an apparent move to defuse tensions following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S.

A new $10 million health centre building was commissioned on Wednesday at Leonora, on the West Coast of Demerara.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents in the North West St Ann constituency of Dr Dayton Campbell have welcomed the Member of Parliament’s (MP) recently initiated revolving-pig project aimed at establishing income for unemployed persons in the parish.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Venezuelans seeking refuge in Chile can request a “democratic responsibility visa” at any Chilean consulate in the world, and not just in their homeland where the visa has been available until now, Chile’s foreign ministry said yesterday.

After noticing the positive impact cleanup campaigns have been having on the city, the Georgetown City Council along with volunteers from a range of communities yesterday hosted another one.

RIYADH/AMMAN/CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic vision as part of the wider plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was met with contempt, repudiation and exasperation in the Arab world, even as some in the Gulf called for it to be given a chance.

(Jamaica Observer) The Port-more police are still trying to catch a rapist who has been targeting women aged 19 to 60 in several communities in the municipality.

The outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Guyana Venkatachalam Mahalingam on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP).

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations vowed yesterday to fight against plastic pollution in the ocean, as their leaders adopted a joint declaration during a summit in Bangkok.

The police yesterday reported that ranks of ‘E’ Division have conducted two drug eradication exercises, which saw the destruction of more than eight acres of cultivated cannabis.

Derrick Rambharrat, the Linden schoolboy who was critically injured last Wednesday after he was allegedly struck down by a speeding car along the Amelia’s Ward Access Road, succumbed to his injuries yesterday.

ExxonMobil’s Liza Destiny, the first oil production vessel which will be placed in Guyana’s waters has been officially dedicated by First Lady Sandra Granger.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran said today it would respond firmly to any U.S.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young said yesterday the murder of State witness Candy-Ann McIntyre on Tuesday was a tragedy, but added that she was not in the witness protection programme.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The principal of St Hilda’s Diocesan High School in Brown’s Town, St Ann, Heather Reid-Johnson is now being treated in hospital after being injured by an intruder on the school compound last night.

A Venezuelan national died after being struck by a vehicle while walking on the shoulder of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway on Friday morning.

Attorneys for Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, Christopher Ram and Charrandass Persaud have proposed that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) order that Cabinet, including President David Granger, resign and that a date be set for general elections within a three-month period as a result of the court upholding the validity of the no-confidence motion that was passed against the government last December.

With a Monday deadline looming for a consensus before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) hands down orders that could see the holding of polls within a few months, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said he has been invited by the government to a meeting next week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley slammed the US State De­part­ment for T&T’s rank­ing in their 2019 Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons Re­port which placed the coun­try at Tier 2.

Scores of APNU+AFC coalition government supporters took to the streets in key areas around the country yesterday to press for a national house-to-house registration exercise to be held before the holding of the next general and regional elections.