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An 84-year-old woman lost her life in Buxton on Tuesday afternoon after being hit down by a reversing garbage truck. The elderly woman has been identified by relatives as Elaine Williams. The driver of the truck, 32-year-old Timothy Franklin Baynes, told Police investigators that he was reversing along the Sideline Dam access road when he […]
Attorney-at-Law Bernard Da Silva has written the acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken over the release of the Police interrogation of murder accused Brian Richards to a media house. Richards is currently on remand over the murder of Deputy Headteacher and Actor Kirwyn Mars. In the letter, which was also copied to the Chancellor of […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of a 47-year-old carpenter. The dead man has been identified as Terry Washington of Durban Street, Georgetown. A Police report stated that on Tuesday morning, Washington was in his yard when an argument broke out between him and another construction worker who was working on a nearby building. As […]
Only two of the eight priority recommendations made by the European Union (EU) Elections Observer Mission (EOM) following the 2020 Elections, have been fully implemented. There has been no movement on the issues of campaign financing and the use of state media, an Election Follow-up Mission has found. During a press conference held at the […]
President Irfaan Ali this morning urged Guyanese to desist from sharing certain information about the children who perished and those who survived the devastating Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire two nights ago. In an early morning Facebook live video, the President said while everyone is entitled to their opinions and views, now is not the […]
by Svetlana Abrams Parents and relatives of at least three of the 19 victims of the Mahdia dorm fire, have identified the remains of their children. DNA tests are being done to identify some of the other remains. For Rihanna Jeffrey, who is the sister of Bibi Rita Jeffrey who died in the fire, it […]
Having completed its investigations into the fire at the Mahdia School Dormitory that claimed the lives of 19 children, the Guyana Police Force has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking advice on possible criminal charges. The Police Force in a statement tonight announced that a female student who was housed in the same […]
The Labour Ministry is spearheading an investigation into yet another workplace fatal accident. A Sophia labourer, who has so far been identified only as “Kevin”, lost his life this morning when a concrete beam at the construction site for the Buddy’s Apartment complex on Sheriff Street came crashing down on him. Emergency services were summoned […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has called for the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand; the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony; and the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill to resign over circumstances surrounding the death of the 19 children in the Mahdia dorm in Region 8. The children found themselves trapped in the […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that members of the Disciplined Forces will cast their votes for the Local Government Elections on June 2. For the wider public, voting will take place on June 12 in the majority of the 80 Local Authority Areas across Guyana. In a notice published on its Facebook page, […]
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