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TAMPA, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Hermine tore a path of destruction across Florida today, leaving more than 253,000 homes and businesses without power, flooding low-lying areas and raising concerns about the spread of the Zika virus due to the massive pools of standing water left behind.

(Trinidad Guardian) With Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar set to meet on the rising crime scourge T&T is facing, some 308 people had been murdered as of yesterday, according to figures from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will replace all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with fire-prone batteries and halt sales of the flagship product in 10 markets, a devastating blow for what had been a revival in the firm’s mobile business.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says government needs to urgently address the issue of who recommended Larry Singh of Linden Holding Inc for rental of the controversial pharmaceutical bond in Sussex Street in the interest of transparency and accountability.

Shemroy Hackett, the man who was arrested after a shootout between bandits and police in the aftermath of a robbery at Enmore on Monday, was yesterday remanded to prison after being read 10 charges, including six counts of armed robbery and two counts of shooting at cops.

Dwayne King, who was accused by his United Kingdom-based Guyanese girlfriend of setting her up with cocaine found in rum bottles she was trying to take out of the country, was yesterday found guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced to 60 months in jail.

After the fire at the Drop-in Centre claimed the lives of two young brothers, the Ministry of Social Protection has decided to offer their parents a plot of land and a fully furnished two-bedroom house.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has objected to a decision by the city administration to allow the construction of a seventh floor at a building on the south eastern part of Camp and Robb streets.

Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says Assistant Chief Education Officer (Primary), Marcel Raymond Hutson is most likely to become the new Chief Education Officer (CEO)  following the decision not to renew the contract of former CEO, Olato Sam.

The Ogle Airport Bar, along with several patrons, was robbed early yesterday morning after three gunmen stormed the bar.

A Venezuelan national was brought before a city court yesterday to answer to a charge that he stole $1,000,000 worth of raw gold in an armed robbery.

Three men pulled off a daring daylight robbery early yesterday when they held-up a supermarket and its customers at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.

Armed bandits on Wednesday night stole almost a million dollars in cash and valuables in an attack on an East Bank Demerara supermarket.

President David Granger says that whether or not the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) agrees with the offer, his government will be paying public servants a differentiated wage hike ranging from 10% at the lowest scale to 1% at the highest Asked on this week’s Public Interest television programme if his government is prepared to make an arbitrary award if the GPSU General Council which meets today rejects the offer, the president said “the award we proposed is as much as we can do as of the first of September and we intend to proceed with that.” 

An Essequibo Coast father of four drowned while he was on a fishing trip.

President David Granger yesterday convened a meeting at the Ministry of the Presidency with representatives from Central Government, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council and the Private Sector during which it was agreed that a joint committee would be created.

Saying that it appears that ministers of the government are not on the same page, former Attorney-General Anil Nandlall has voiced concern over the disclosure by the administration that the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) may soon be separated from the Guyana Police Force.

Burglars on Wednesday broke and entered the home of an Eccles family and carted off over $300,000 in cash and other valuables.

Gomattie Ramrattan, the businesswoman who was shot during a robbery attempt at her Diamond New Scheme home on Wednesday, is expected to undergo surgery today as the police continue their search for the perpetrators.

A man is now dead after a boat collision on the Pomeroon River on Wednesday night.