May 22, 2023

Natisha Natalie Fernandes, 30, of Kitty, Georgetown was the lone fatality in an accident Sunday night at the intersection of Camp and Church Streets, Georgetown. A statement from Police Headquarters noted that the accident occurred at…

Another three girls were brought to the Georgetown Public Hospital for critical medical care on Monday afternoon after they were seriously injured in the horrific fire at the Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory, Region Eight. With…

To confirm their identities, DNA tests will be conducted “expeditiously” on the bodies on 13 of the 19 children who perished in the fire at the Mahdia Secondary school female dormitory, Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken said Monday…

The devastating fire which ripped through the female dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School was maliciously set by a student of the school, well-placed sources have told the News Room. The student, the News Room was reliably told, was…

See below full statement issued by the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA): With profound sorrow and heavy hearts, we were utterly devastated this morning upon receiving the heart-wrenching news of the…

See below full statement issued by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC): The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) today sent a quantity of relief items to the town of Mahdia, which is currently mourning the loss of several students who perished…

See full statement from the University of Guyana below: The University of Guyana today shares the grief and extends deep and sincere condolences on the loss of lives, property and trauma experienced in the Mahdia fire in the wee hours of…

Support for family members, parents and caregivers of the 19 children who died when a fire ripped through the Mahdia Secondary school female dormitory Sunday night is the main priority for the government, President Irfaan Ali said in a…

The 12-year-old girl who needed a limb-saving surgery after she was injured in the devastating fire at the Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory on Sunday night underwent a successful surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday.…

Statement by the Guyana Football Federation Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde sends condolences to the families and friends of the nineteen students (up to the time of reporting) who tragically died on Sunday in the…