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BIARRITZ, France, (Reuters) – Squabbles erupted among G7 nations yesterday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences on global trade tensions, Britain’s exit from the EU and how to respond to the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has issued an advisory to the general public stating that the Authority is the only government department authorised to allocate housing units and lots.

Over 1,000 Georgetown participants graduated on Friday from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Zara Computer Training Centre’s several computer training programmes, which ran from September 2018 to August 2019.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 indicated the military’s genocidal intent to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, United Nations investigators said in a report released on Thursday.

The Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown has announced the annual competition for the Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program.

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft yesterday struck Iranian forces near Damascus that were planning to launch armed drones at targets in Israel, an Israeli military spokesman said.

Inspectors from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Friday visited the runway of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to gain a firsthand understanding of what transpired during the aborted takeoff of American Airlines (AA) flight 1512 on Wednesday.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb yesterday after activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention had fuelled tensions.

The report, ‘Bourda vendors get community service after feud erupts into violence,’ which was published in the August 23rd edition, incorrectly stated that vendor James Brown was ordered to do community service.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked his attorney general whether parliament can be shut down for five weeks from Sept.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Six states in Brazil’s Amazon region requested military help yesterday to combat record fires that are tearing through the rainforest, provoking an international outcry because of the Amazon’s central role in combating global warming.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending almost 11 days on remand, Michael Carew, the long-time companion of former government minister Marlene McDonald was on Friday able to access bail.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Ten is appealing to the public for urgent assistance in securing a number of items for several residents whose houses were damaged in an early morning storm today.

(Trinidad Express) A man is dead following a crash along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, near Claxton Bay, on Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One lawmaker last week came face-to-face with the terror on the roadways caused by rowdy taxi drivers, and the incident has left her traumatised.

(Trinidad Newsday) Besson Street police found a silver Nissan B14 car in the Western Division this morning, 15 years after it was reported stolen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tak­ing home her new­born ba­by should have been ex­pec­tant San Juan mom Crys­tal Car­ring­ton’s birth­day gift to her hus­band Curt God­dard and her­self.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb today after activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention had fuelled tensions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter spend­ing al­most 11 days on re­mand, Michael Carew, the long-time com­pan­ion of for­mer gov­ern­ment min­is­ter Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald was yes­ter­day able to ac­cess bail.

Attorney General Basil Williams has “partially appealed” the August 14 ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire which upheld the legality of the House to House (HtH) registration exercise but also declared that existing registrants cannot be excised from a new voters’ list unless they are deceased or otherwise disqualified under Article 159 (2), (3) or (4).