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BELI MANASTIR/HARMICA, Croatia (Reuters) – Hungary and Croatia traded threats yesterday as thousands of exhausted migrants poured over their borders, deepening the disarray in Europe over how to handle the tide of humanity.

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – At least 55 militants were killed when Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq overnight, security sources said yesterday, as Ankara shows no sign of easing up strikes on insurgents ahead of a November 1 election.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition staged small protests in the country’s main cities yesterday to decry the near 14-year jail sentence handed to politician Leopoldo Lopez and galvanize support for the December parliamentary elections they are forecast to win.

Chief Executive Officer of Professional Guard Services Dougal Kirkpatrick has passed away.

“Jobs for our young men and women must be our top priority over the next five years”, President David Granger told the PNCR’s third general council meeting for the year today and the first since APNU+AFC won the presidency in May.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Pope Francis told former Cold War foes Cuba and the United States on Saturday to set an example for the world by deepening their recent rapprochement that he helped broker.

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has fired almost the entire legal team hired to represent the State in the extradition case of corruption accused former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner.

The PPP today complained about what it said were breaches of democracy at regional democratic councils.

LONDON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said today Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure should be decided through negotiation.

A young policeman died yesterday after he was brutally stabbed by a man who then took his own life by stabbing himself and slitting his own throat.

Government is looking to lease a new ferry to replace the docked MV Lady Northcote on the North West route and has promised two new ships for the route next year.

Finance Secretary Neermal Rekha, who failed to resume duty as expected on July 31st, has been replaced, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

The government is yet to finalise the new drug procurement guidelines and acting Permeant Secretary of the Public Health Ministry Trevor Thomas says the process may take up to the end of the year.

President David Granger made a lightning visit to Linden yesterday and received an enthusiastic welcome at all three locations where he walked and mingled with throngs of residents.

While declaring that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has the full backing of the administration, State Minister Joseph Harmon yesterday said government will not be engaging the PPP in the press over its concerns about him leading its delegation in unity talks with the opposition party.

Embarking on a new approach to rebrand and revitalise the ‘Garden City,’ the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday unveiled its plans to raise awareness with the launching of its ‘Green Conference and Expo.’

  President David Granger on Thursday assured that the government would match private investment in the local aviation sector, which he said is critical for the administration’s push to unlock the potential of the hinterland.

As part of an initiative to empower rural women and teach them to manage and sustain small entrepreneurial ventures, First Lady Sandra Granger on Thursday launched an entrepreneurship workshop for the women of Good Hope.

Solar power can be an “easy entry point” for alternative energy in Guyana, according to Presidential Adviser on the Environment Gary Best but at least one environmentalist has argued that the backbone of the country’s renewable energy needs should be hydropower.

Police are investigating the death of a Crabwood Creek mechanic, who was found dead on the bridge in front of a friend’s home on Thursday.