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Mahdia tragedy: Police file for DPP Wednesday
The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) will soon receive the file from investigations into the devastating fire which ripped through the female dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School killing 19 children, Police headquarters stated on…
Mahdia tragedy: DNA samples being sent to New York; bodies should be identified by Friday
DNA samples from the bodies of the unidentified victims of the tragic Mahdia Secondary School Female Dormitory will be sent to the Mount Sinai laboratory in New York and test results will be back in Guyana by Friday.
This is according to…
Woman, 84, crushed to death by garbage truck
An 84-year-old woman was killed Tuesday afternoon after she was crushed to death by a garbage truck on the Buxton sideline dam, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The dead woman has been identified as Elaine Williams of Buxton.
Reports are…
Mahdia tragedy: Cuba offers surgical help as more injured children brought to G/town
To ensure comprehensive care, the children who were injured in the recent Mahdia Secondary School Female Dormitory fire and were receiving treatment in Region Eight will be flown to Georgetown for further treatment and observation,…
Mahdia tragedy: Forensic pathologist from Barbados arrives to help identify bodies
Forensic Pathologist Dr. Shubhakar Karra Paul is in Guyana assisting health authorities with the identification of persons who died in the horrific fire at the Mahdia Secondary School Female Dormitory.
President Dr. Irfaan Ali told the…
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…