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The Mahdia Secondary School student, who was badly burnt in last week’s dormitory fire, has undergone her first of many surgeries in a New York hospital, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Tursday. He said the 13-year old girl, who was flown out of Guyana aboard an air ambulance on Saturday, successfully underwent surgery earlier this week and her prospects ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Tuesday dismissed applications by Attorney General Anil Nandlall and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo to intervene in a case by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that seeks to cancel or postpone the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE) because the configuration of a number of boundaries is disadvantageous to that ...

The High Court on Tuesday ruled that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph failed to provide hard and credible evidence the voters list is flawed and could not be used to extract the separate voters list for the originally scheduled local government elections. “It does appear that relying on unsubstantiated and inadmissible evidence, the applicant is ...

The death toll in the fire at the dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School on Tuesday increased by one, bringing the total number of children who perished to 20, a senior health sector official said. The 14 -year old girl, Sherena Daniels, succumbed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) to injuries to her respiratory ...

A Guyanese pilot and businessman is to be charged with trafficking in 16 Venezuelans over the past six months, police said in a statement. He has been identified as 45-year old Orlando Charles of 45 Middle Street, Georgetown, Police accused Mr Charles of trafficking in those Spanish-speaking nationals between the Mazaruni River in Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) and Georgetown between November ...

A female student of the Mahdia Secondary School was Monday arraigned on 19 counts of murder at last week’s fire at the school’s dormitory. She appeared virtually before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to custody until July 4, 2023. At that time, the court is expected to receive statements and disclosure. P0lice said the ...

A man, said to be an accomplice of mass  murder convict, Royden ‘Smallie’ Williams, was shot dead after he allegedly snatched away a gun from a member of the Joint Services and attempted to crank it in the direction of the patrol, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. Dead is 33-year old Neon Howard of Friendship, East Coast ...

The Mahdia Secondary School student, who allegedly burned down the institution’s dormitory and caused the death of 19 schoolmates, would be charged with murder, police said Sunday. “Legal advice was obtained to charge the suspect with 19 counts of murder,” Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Police Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said. Police had earlier alleged that the girl started ...

A man believed to be an accomplice convicted mass murderer, Royden “Smallie” Williams was shot dead Sunday. “Intelligence led to a confrontation with one of the accomplices, who was fatally shot,” police said in a statement. Police did not immediately name the dead man. Police said no firearm was recovered in the shootout at St Mary’s Logging Area,  Essequibo River, ...

The unrecognised burnt remains of the remaining 13 children are now positively identified based on the results of DNA tests that were returned from the United States (US) earlier Friday,  according to Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony. ” The Government of Guyana is in a position now to release these bodies to the families of the deceased for funeral arrangements,” ...