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23-year-old Lindener, Kellon Sumner, lost his life tragically early on Saturday morning when the motorcycle he was riding collided with an SUV that was being driven by Lt. Colonel Courtney Mendonca of the Guyana Defence Force. The incident occurred at around 1:40am on Saturday. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force said based […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton intends to formally write the Government requesting an international probe into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, even as his party – the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) holds discussions with its coalition partners to devise a strategy to hold the authorities’ feet to the fire to ensure that […]
A number of political parties and civil society actors today dismissed a report from President Irfaan Ali that 11-year-old Adriana Younge did not die from “forceful drowning” as they demanded an international probe into her death. Exactly one week ago, Adriana went missing during a family outing at the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen on […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has announced that investigations have commenced into the death of Adriana Younge and the Police handling of the case from the inception. Speaking during his weekly, “Issues in the News” broadcast on Tuesday night, Mr. Nandlall acknowledged that although an autopsy was conducted and found that the young girl died from […]
Five teenagers were among 15 men dragged before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning to face “acts of terrorism” charges, which were related to Monday night’s fiery protests in Georgetown and a number of other communities. The 15 accused were all denied bail and remanded to jail. Those who faced the Court this morning were […]
A 37-year-old man was shot dead in Bagotstown on the East Bank of Demerara on Tuesday night during an altercation with another man. The deceased has been identified as Mark Anthony Benjamin. A Police report indicated that on Tuesday evening, at around 6:40pm, Benjamin and the suspect, Hosea Salmon, got involved in an altercation, which […]
The father of 11-year-old Adriana Younge who was found dead in the pool of the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen is pleading for peace and an end to violence in wake of widespread fiery protests that escalated last evening after the results of her post mortem examination revealed that she died by drowning. The father, […]
The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for more than 20 persons for the incitement of public terror. While many of those wanted were not named in the Police bulletins, their images were released. Many of the wanted persons were captured on cctv cameras setting fire on various streets during Monday night protests, while […]
A detailed forensic autopsy carried out on the body of 11-year-old Adriana Younge has found that the child died by drowning, family members were told. The autopsy went on for more than 4 hours and was conducted by three foreign pathologists with a local medical team and the Police observing. On the completion of the […]
An opposition motion calling for the establishment of a National Child Emergency Notification System, in wake of the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, was today blocked by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir. Though allowing Opposition Member of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira to present the motion to the House as well as a response […]
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