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WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A political battle over a classified whistleblower complaint about U.S.

The remains of Shaniya Persaud, the seven-year-old who succumbed more than a month after she was severely burnt in a fire that gutted her Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home, have been returned to Guyana and a funeral service is scheduled for tomorrow.

(Trinidad Express) A Tobago teenager charged with the murder of Elias Dabourah appeared before a Tobago Magistrate yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nine high powered guns are among 12 illegals firearms seized by the police within the last 24 hours.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – China’s state-run Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co (ALIT) yesterday rejected Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s allegation of misappropriating 2 billion rupees ($11 million) in a deal to work on the construction of South Asia’s tallest tower.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s anti-fraud office yesterday charged a former petroleum ministry official with accepting bribes and failing to follow protocol over an ill-fated gas deal that has left the government facing a disputed bill of more than $9 billion.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police proposed criminal charges against Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees, alleging fraud in relation to a deadly dam collapse in January, according to a document seen by Reuters yesterday.

Dr Genara Thomas, an advanced Microbiologist Specialist and National PAHO Consultant on Antimicrobial Resistance from Argentina, will be conducting a training programme for Guyanese medical personnel from September 25th to September 27th.

Apparently caught off guard by yesterday’s protests by the PPP inside and outside of the Pegasus Hotel against President David Granger and his government, the Guyana Police Force tonight said it will endeavour to prevent a recurrence.

PPP presidential candidate Irfaan Ali has thanked supporters for turning up at yesterday’s protest at the Pegasus Hotel where President David Granger was delivering an address to the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) today apologised to President David Granger for the disruption of his presentation to a business luncheon at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday by PPP activists.

The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana today condemned the failure by the government to hold General and Regional Elections within the period mandated by Article 106(7) of the constitution, which it pointed out is the supreme law of the country.

President David Granger today said that every lawful measure will be taken to guarantee the safety of Ministers of Government and to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the country.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) says that the concerns raised by residents of the Region Seven border community of Kaikan about the behaviour of soldiers stationed there will be investigated but it said the Force will not surrender its obligation to protect the territorial integrity of the country.

 (Reuters) – Two shootings in Washington, D.C. left two people dead and seven injured late on Thursday, reports by police and several media outlets said, as authorities on Friday hunted for a pair of suspects from one of the attacks likely armed with an assault rifle.

(Trinidad Express) Cricket legend Deryck Lance Murray has been appointed to the post of as High Commissioner for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica.

(Trinidad Guardian) Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Minister and Min­is­ter in the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, Stu­art Young, yes­ter­day met with Venezue­lan Pres­i­dent Nico­las Maduro in Cara­cas for dis­cus­sions on mat­ters of en­er­gy and na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has said that it will be ready to conduct General and Regional Elections by the end of February 2020.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that President David Granger will be met by protests everywhere he goes “until he names an election date.”

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has voiced concern over E-Networks currently laying a subsea cable in the absence of necessary approvals, while warning that the operation could jeopardise its own services.