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A Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara family suffered $15 million in losses when their two-storey wooden property, which housed the Glory Chinese Restaurant, went up in flames early yesterday morning.

Sherwin Lynch, who was stabbed to death on Wednesday night, is believed to have been fatally wounded during a robbery attempt.

An ex-convict, who was recently charged with armed robbery, was freed yesterday after the complainant offered no evidence.

Keith Ferrier, one of the accused in the 2009 arson of the Ministry of Health building at Brickdam, was on Thursday remanded to prison.

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a motion which paves the way for Guyana to become of a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

The police have been advised to charge Navindra Bandu, who allegedly chopped his wife to death on Tuesday during a domestic dispute at Princetown, Corriverton, Berbice, with murder.

The ministries of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs and Social Cohesion yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) to undertake projects in indigenous communities which have been identified as priority areas for sustainable development.

Over 25 persons residing on the Essequibo Coast, in Region Two, are now equipped to help promote community-based mangrove management as a sustainable means of mangrove restoration and management, according to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI).

LUANDA, (Reuters) – Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power since 1979 and is one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders, said yesterday he intended to step down in 2018 but gave no reason for his decision and did not name a preferred successor.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., (Reuters) – First lady Michelle Obama and representatives from nine former presidential families led a bipartisan gathering of politicians and celebrities in paying memorial tribute to Nancy Reagan, whose love for her late husband, Ronald Reagan, was hailed as a romance “for the ages.”

BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romanians now have full access to the revenue and spending data of state institutions in move which could help fight corruption, the country’s prime minister said on Friday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – The European Union and Cuba signed an agreement in Havana yesterday to establish normal relations, bringing the Communist-run island further into the international fold and paving the way for full economic cooperation with the 28-member bloc.

BARCELONA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Green Climate Fund made progress in closing administrative and policy gaps at a meeting in South Korea this week, and now faces the uphill task of allocating $2.5 billion this year for projects to tackle climate change, experts said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cash-strapped steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal has been fined by the Industrial Court for the procedure it used in laying off over 500 of its employees in December last year.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes, opting to bat first against Guyana Jaguars, reached 237 for three at the close on the opening day of their ninth round game in the Regional four-day championship at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here today.

Having languished for decades, work is moving apace on restoring the elegant Kitty Market.

At about 2100h. last night, the police say that mini-bus driver Takraj Boodram , 33 years, of Belvedere South Squatting Area, Corentyne, Berbice, was about to enter his premises when three men approached him and one of them, who was armed with a firearm, discharged a round that hit him to his left side shoulder.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday advertised for $138M worth of works on Carifesta Avenue including lighting.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team here this month for routine consultations with the government has called for urgent action to plug deficiencies in the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism legislation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cash-strapped steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal has been fined by the Industrial Court for the procedure it used in laying off over 500 of its employees in December last year.