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SEOUL/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. government safety agency yesterday urged all consumers to stop using Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones, which are prone to catch fire, and top airlines globally banned their use during flights.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has incurred a loss for the fourth successive year.

ROSEAU, Dominica, , CMC-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron appears to be denying reports that the services of head coach Phil Simmons will be terminated during this weekend’s board meeting in Dominica.

ZURICH, Switzerland,  CMC-Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has been slapped with a one million Swiss francs dollar fine and banned for life from all football related activities.

Dental surgeon at the Woodlands Hospital, Dr Samiran Bera has passed away.

(Trinidad Guardian) Residents of New Village, Point Fortin, have been forced to scamper inside their homes for cover over the past six weeks, as swarms of locust have been devastating their community.

-shortening lease among options -gov’t recommits to vigilance with contracts Government yesterday said that the arrangement for a pharmacy bond on Sussex Street with businessman Larry Singh of Linden Holding was “undoubtedly undesirable” and several options are being looked at including shortening the lease and the state will now secure its own facility.

Kevin Mohan, the man accused of stabbing his aunt to death at her Cummings Lodge home, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Drilling operations on ExxonMobil’s Skipjack prospect, the company’s third well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, have yielded disappointing results even as the United States oil giant continues to work towards commercial pumping from its Liza well in another four years.

The automatic entry of a quota of 25 eligible University of Guyana (UG) students into the Hugh Wooding Law School has been guaranteed for each of the next three academic years, after successful advocacy on the issue by the local delegation at the recently held 48th meeting of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) in Antigua & Barbuda.

Jamaica law enforcement authorities on Wednesday intercepted approximately 100 pounds of cocaine hidden in a rice shipment which originated from Guyana, according to the head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) James Singh who says that his ranks are assisting their counterparts on the Caribbean island with the probe.

During a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN) on Wednesday, Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence emphasised that pregnancy cannot be used to target workers.

Cabinet, at its meeting on Tuesday, September 6, offered its no-objection for the award of several contracts, including one valued over $1.5 billion for the European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Power Utility Upgrade Programme (PUUP).

Yokohama Trading, a Suriname-based auto-dealership opened its doors to the Guyanese public yesterday, while boasting competitive prices and the latest models of vehicles.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said it was not he who informed Chief Executive Officer of Linden Holding Inc Larry Singh that government would need a bond for rental ahead of his company clinching the controversial deal to rent a Sussex Street bond to the Public Health Ministry.

The preliminary inquiry into the charges against three men, accused of the Kaieteur News grenade attack, commenced yesterday at a city court.

A teen was one of two persons who faced rape charges before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan yesterday.

Residents of Block 1 Zeelugt South, East Bank Essequibo have developed severe allergic reactions to the fumes from an asphalt plant and are calling for it to be relocated before something drastic happens.

Gomattie Ramrattan, the Diamond, East Bank Demerara shop owner who was shot in her face during a suspected robbery attempt last week, remains fearful as the men remain on the run.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has not made a request to have the Ministry of Social Protection conciliate its present dispute over public servant wages and salaries with the government.