Photo handout. Heavily armed Kenyan police on the streets of Port au Prince. – Advertisement – The Kenyan-led multinational policing  Mission to Haiti (MSS) has called on the armed  gangs in the country to surrender to law enforcement authorities. In an updated press release about  the mission, the team said that following receipt of additional vehicles and other equipment, they will be conducting clearance operations in Delmas, Bel-Air, Solino, and their environs to weed out gangs. The operation will be done in collaboration with the Haiti National Police (HNP) in a bid to have these areas return to normalcy. According to the multinational Mission, the operation will be conducted from all fronts including air, sea and land. “Last week, MSS received additional vehicles and equipment from the US Government, thus enhancing their joint operations with their Haitian counterparts. “The pacification operations will be conducted on sea, land, and air by...

President Ali unveiling the commemorative plaque for the new Citizens Bank Mandela branch on Friday. Photo: Guyana Public Information. – Advertisement – Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 49.7 per cent in the first half of 2024. This includes oil and gas revenues. The non-oil economy also saw growth, with an estimated increase of 12.6 per cent, up from 11.7 per cent last year. This was according to President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, during the opening ceremony of Citizens Bank’s new Mandela Branch in Georgetown, on Friday. He also noted that the construction sector has expanded by an estimated 43.7 per cent, and while recognising that some sectors faced difficulties early in the year, the government demonstrated its strategy to improve performance. The president highlighted the banking and financial sector’s transformation since 1992, identifying significant increases in deposits, assets and credit to the private sector....