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St Vincent steps up surveillance against leprosy
LOOP NEWS
St Vincent and the Grenadines has increased surveillance for leprosy as the disease has been detected in neighbouring islands.
Six school children rescued after boat sinks in Guyana
NEWSROOM
ETERINGBANG, Guyana - Six children were rescued on Tuesday after the canoe they were travelling in sank in the Cuyuni River near the Eteringbang Landing in Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni).
Fake police murder 3 in Morvant T&T
MORBANT, Trinidad & Tobago - Three men died in the mass shooting in Morvant on Tuesday evening.
Trinidad spiritual shop owner shot dead in bedroom
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T - A gunman broke into a family’s home in Tabaquite before dawn today and killed a man.
LIAT to wind up January 24, 2024
BARBADOS TODAY
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Almost 50 years after returning to the skies under the ownership of Caribbean governments, the 67-year-old island-hopper LIAT is to wind up in its current form – LIAT (1974) Ltd – on January 24, its court-appointed administrator confirmed on Thursday.
Ecuador declares war on armed gangs after TV station attacked on air
BBC NEWS
Ecuador's president has ordered that criminal gangs be "neutralised" after days of violence culminated in an attack on a television studio.
Guyana takes up seat on United Nations Security Council
VI CONSORTIUM
Guyana has joined five other countries in officially taking up their two-year term on the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.
Former T&T PM Basdeo Panday dies @ age 90
CMC
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Basdeo Panday died on Monday at the age of 90 years old.
Venezuela rejects deployment of British Navy ship to Guyana
CMC
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela Last Thursday called for Guyanese authorities to take immediate action for the withdrawal of the HMS Trent, a vessel from the British Navy, and to refrain from continuing to involve military powers in the territorial controversy.
UK warship to conduct joint military exercises in Guyana
NEWS SOURCE
The British Government has confirmed that a British warship has been deployed for training exercises in Guyana, in a show of diplomatic and military support for Guyana in wake of the ongoing border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela.