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Two armed bandits robbed a Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) family during the wee hours of yesterday morning after they had just arrived from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad, joining anti-government protesters for a second day today, called for a “people’s power” movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal.

The Ministry of Public Security in an advisory in today’s Stabroek News said that from Tuesday at 9 am it will begin receiving illicit firearms no questions asked and persons submitting will not be prosecuted.

Twenty people were confirmed dead on the island of Dominica, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said in an address carried on television and online late yesterday following Thursday’s pounding by Tropical Storm Erika, Reuters reported.

President David Granger today received an artistic representation of his image sketched by , Jѐsusa Lee.

The Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Venkatachalam Mahalingam, today paid a courtesy call on Minister of Governance, with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, a release from GINA said.

City Hall says it has taken action against popular restaurant New Thriving over its use of the parapet and other companies have been written to.

A total of 28 new Project Trust volunteers have arrived in Guyana, ahead of the start of the new academic term, to take up teaching posts in fourteen hinterland communities, a release from the UK High Commission said today.

The Ministry of Education today notified parents and guardians of the St.

Ian Pinard, the Minister of Public Works and Ports in Dominica, has told CBS News that there are at least 20 dead, and more are missing, due to tropical storm Erika which hammered the Caribbean island Wednesday and yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – International charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is taking legal action against the producers of a new Bollywood film, saying its misrepresentation of the medical group could put its aid workers deployed in conflict zones at risk.

(Trinidad Guardian) An apparent mix-up and/or misunderstanding between Concacaf and the Central Football Club (CFC) caused the regional governing body for football to deposit some US$39,000 into the personal US account of Sport Minister Brent Sancho.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Director Spike Lee and actresses Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds will receive honorary Oscars for their filmmaking legacies, the organizers of the world’s most coveted movie awards said Thursday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said it is disturbed by reports in the media about an organised gold smuggling racket.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The piano used to play the glissando that kicks off ABBA’s disco hit “Dancing Queen” will be one of the star attractions at a rock and pop auction at Sotheby’s next month where it is expected to sell for up to 800,000 pounds ($1.24 million).

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Erika strengthened as it dumped torrential rain on islands in the Eastern Caribbean and appeared to be headed for the U.S.

The 2015 National Budget was approved at 03:16 hours this morning, GINA said.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical storm warnings were in effect today for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, closed in on the Eastern Caribbean and appeared to be heading for Florida, the U.S.

At about 2115h last night, the police say that motorcyclist Anil Henry, 19 years, of Danielstown, Essequibo Coast, was struck down by a motor vehicle as he was driving along the Danielstown Public Road.

(Trinidad Guardian) Science and Technology Minister Dr Rupert Griffith says a permanent home for showcasing local innovation will be established in T&T.