Guyana News

Hurt by the devastating news of children from their community perishing in the Mahdia Secondary School dorm fire, residents of Chenapou, Region 8 yesterday called for support and justice.

The police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday at about 11 pm at Camp and Church streets, Georgetown and which claimed the life of Natisha Natalie Fernandes.

A complaint by the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) which could have delayed future payments under the US$750m carbon credits scheme has been rejected, according to the Architecture for REDD+.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday expressed  grief at the loss of lives in the Mahdia dormitory fire on Sunday and said that it will deploy specialist teams to offer support.

Bilateral relations have now been bolstered following the Ghana Chamber of Commerce-Guyana launch, at Church and New Garden streets, Queenstown, yesterday  morning, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs in association with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday handed over a new vehicle and computer equipment to the Drug Treatment Court of Guyana under the Support for the Criminal Justice System Programme.

The Office of Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton yesterday expressed condolences to the families, relatives, friends, residents of Mahdia, Region #8 and all Guyanese over the deaths of 19 children in Sunday’s dormitory fire.

The first batch of twenty-three residents in and around the mining town of Mahdia that started the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs’ garment construction programme on May 9 graduated on Saturday.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday responded to the fire at the Mahdia Secondary School which left 19 children dead.

Forty-six-year-old Kwese Lewis was yesterday placed on $400,000 bail after falsely pretending that he was in a position to acquire Canadian and American visas for four persons.

The Ministry of Education today named the 19 victims of last night’s horrific dormitory fire at Mahdia, Region Eight. 

President Irfaan Ali this afternoon declared three days of national mourning during an address to the nation in the wake of the deadly fire at the Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory last night.

Preliminary inquiries by the Guyana Fire Service have led investigators to conclude that the blaze which claimed the lives of 18 students and a child at Mahdia, Region Eight was maliciously set.

Twin sisters Mary and Martha D’ Andrade were among those who perished in the fire last night at the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory.

Prime Minister,   Mark Phillips; Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, have begun to visit affected students and distressed families following the deadly early morning fire today which  destroyed the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory, the Department of Public Information said.

Eighteen female students of the Mahdia Secondary School and one boy were killed after a dormitory blaze started minutes before midnight last night.

By Shuntel Glasgow A 35-year-old fisherman of Canal Number One was murdered on Saturday allegedly after he slapped his cousin for disrespecting his uncle.

By Shuntel Glasgow A 44-year-old construction worker of Lusignan, who was allegedly involved in an argument at a wedding on Saturday night, was found dead some two streets away on Sunday morning; his throat had been slashed. 

With investigations still ongoing into the well-coordinated prison escape of death-row prisoner Royden Williams, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said that the top priority of the Joint Services must be his swift recapture.

A nine-year-old girl reportedly drowned on Friday at Zeelugt, West Coast Demerara (WCD) when she was allegedly pulled into the sea by a strong wave while walking on the seawall with her cousins.