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Friendship man, 23, dies in accident at Hill Foot
A 23-year-old man died on Monday after the car he was driving collided with a motor lorry at Hill Foot along the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway.
Dead is Joel Alexander of Wilkins Street, Friendship, East Coast Demerara.
According to the…
Two Annandale residents nabbed with 10lbs of ganja
A man, 38, and a woman, 43, both residents of Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD), were on Sunday nabbed with 4.76 kilogrammes (or 10.5 pounds) of marijuana and have since been arrested.
Police Headquarters reported that ranks searched…
Chief Prison Officer dies after crashing into ‘sand heap’ at Melanie
An Accident at about 23:55 hrs Monday night at Melanie Public Road, East Coast Demerara has claimed the life of Chief Prison Oceffir, 36-year-old Patrick Perry.
He was based at Prison Headquarters in Georgetown and resided at Victoria…
Kitty woman, 30, dies in accident on Camp Street
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…
Mahdia tragedy: DNA to be carried out on 13 bodies, autopsies completed on other six
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…
BREAKING: Mahdia fire was maliciously set by student
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…
Mahdia tragedy: President says ‘every conceivable’ action will be taken to support fire victims
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…
Mahdia tragedy: APNU+AFC deeply saddened by the loss of lives
See the full statement from the APNU+AFC below:
The APNU+AFC wishes to express our condolences to the families, relatives, friends, residents of Mahdia, Region #8 and all Guyanese as we mourn the loss of lives of our children and…
Mahdia tragedy: Two sisters killed in fire
Two sisters were among those killed following a fire that ripped through the Mahdia girls' dormitory Sunday night/Monday morning.
The girls, Delicia Edwards, 15, and Arianna, 13, were not accounted for when rescue services arrived on the…
Mahdia tragedy: Four cousins killed in fire
Four cousins were among those killed in the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire.
Bibi Rita Fiona Jeffery was one of the 19 girls who perished.
Her sister, Rihana Jeffrey said she and other relatives are in a state of shock.
"I…