Tragedy struck the Hyles family last Friday, when the youngest son and brother lost his life while on duty.
Akeem Aaron Osapah Hyles, 22, Special Constable attached to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) drowned after the boat he was in capsized in the Amatuk Falls area, Potaro River.
The 22-year-old, the youngest of 11 siblings, hailed from 41 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice and was among a team of Joint Services personnel and officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) seeking to halt illegal mining at the