Guyana News

As efforts are being made to upgrade the fire prevention systems at dormitories and schools across the country, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn yesterday stated that none of the doors at the Mahdia Secondary School’s female dormitory were secured by grills.

An 84-year-old pensioner was yesterday afternoon crushed to death by a Cevons Waste Management garbage truck at Buxton Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara. 

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that samples from 13 of the 19 Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire victims will be sent to the Mount Sinai laboratory in New York and test results will be back in Guyana by Friday.

 An Adelphi Village, East Canje Berbice man yesterday pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of his mother when he appeared before Justice Simone Morris Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice.

By Joseph Allen The father of one of the girls who perished in the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire on Sunday is insisting that the lost lives “cannot go down for nothing” and that someone has to pay.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) last evening said that it will be seeking legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in relation to the deadly Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire, which was maliciously set, GPF’s Corporate Communications Unit Director, Mark Ramotar, said in a statement.

The labourer who struck a West Coast Berbice man with a steel rod in March 2019 leading to his death yesterday pleaded guilty to murder at the High Court in Berbice.

The government has taken a decision to tone down the country’s 57th Independence celebrations, which were schedule to take place in Lethem from tomorrow.

By Andre De Silva (Intern with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) A thirty-year-old mining consultant/businessman will be contesting as an independent candidate against a 2018 APNU Councillor and a PPP/C candidate  in the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) race for Constituency Seven in Georgetown at the June 12  local government elections. 

By Subhana Shiwmangal In the aftermath of the horrific dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 19 students in Mahdia on Sunday, Stabroek News spoke to a few relatives.

At approximately 1 pm yesterday, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that service was disrupted to customers along the East Coast and East Bank Demerara after a cement truck came into contact with the company’s primary network at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.

Police from Regional Division #2 on Sunday recovered an unlicensed firearm (shotgun) at Tapakuma Village, Essequibo Coast.

A man and a woman were arrested at Annandale on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) for having in their possession 4.763 kg of marijuana.

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC) issued an urgent notice yesterday inviting representatives of fourteen (14) groups and individuals to contact the Commission regarding their participation in the public signing of the ERC’s “Code of Conduct”.

Andy Persaud, called ‘Candy’ and ‘Superman’, a 31-year-old of Lot 27 Hope West Enmore, East Coast Demerara was remanded on Monday to prison on a break and enter charge.

Durn Hunt, the Corriverton man who today pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend in October 2018, will return to court next month to be sentenced.

                                                                                                              The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 16:50 hrs yesterday in the vicinity of Hill Foot, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal incident which occurred at about 11.55 last night at Melanie Public Road, East Coast Demerara and which claimed the life of a senior prison officer.

-three days of mourning declared Deep sorrow and shock gripped the small Region Eight town of Mahdia and other hinterland communities after arson obliterated a girls secondary school dormitory on Sunday night claiming 19 lives with another nine hospitalised in Georgetown.

By Joseph Allen A total of nine students from the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory who had to be air-dashed to Georgetown suffering from burns and severe smoke inhalation from the fire that consumed the female dormitory are currently hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC].