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The Terms of Reference for the Commission of Inquiry into the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire is silent on the issue of compensation for the surviving relatives of the 20 children who were burnt to death and several others who were injured. Under the chairmanship of Retired Major General Joseph Singh, the three-member commission has been tasked with probing the ...

A Fly Allways flight from Guyana to neighbouring Suriname was forced to return to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Monday morning after one of the plane’s engines failed, the Guyana Fire Service said. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field said an aviation engineer aboard the aircraft checked the plane and, along with ...

Four persons, including two children, were killed in two fires in Linden and Essequibo, the Guyana Fire Service said Tuesday morning. The Guyana Fire Service said at approximately 11:45 Monday night, a report was received that there was a fire at Silvertown. On arrival, firefighters saw a two-storey house engulfed in flames and smoke. The Fire Service also said that ...

Three children drowned when the boat they were travelling in struck a rock and capsized in the vicinity of Piri-Piri, upper Essequibo, the Guyana Police Force said. Those who perished were identified by police as 12-year-old Linden Joseph, a student of Aishalton Secondary School and resident of Karaudar Village, South Rupununi; three-year old Norsha Ayaw and 11-month-old Newton Ayaw both ...

Aviation Minister, Juan Edghill on Monday said top officials of the Guyana government have warned InterCaribbean Airways that it could face sanctions if the carrier does not avoid prolonged flight delays and cancellations. Mr Edghill said officials, including representatives of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), met with representatives of the Turks and Caicos Islands-headquartered airline last Thursday to address repeated ...

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill on Monday said the engines of the new North-West District (NWD) vessel, MV Ma Lisha, sucked in silt while departing Georgetown on Thursday at low tide resulting in a delayed arrival at Kumaka, in response to claims that the vessel encountered engine trouble during its maiden voyage. “There was no engine failure. All that happened- ...

Well-known Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes on Sunday recommended meaningful involvement of Guyanese representatives in political decision-making through supermajorities in order to force the opposition and government to reach consensus. Mr Hughes, who recently made a presentation to the United Nations Permanent forum on people of African descent on behalf of the non-governmental International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G), ...

A 22-year old resident if Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was Monday arraigned for the murder of well-known Guyanese educator, Olato Sam. Police said Joshua Martin Archer called ‘Joshie’, a labourer of Robert Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on August 5, 2023, by Deputy Superintendent Dufu. Archer was charged on August 14, 2023, for murder committed on Olato Sam. The ...

Former Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice James Patterson died Saturday night,  a relative confirmed. He was 89 years old. A relative told Dmerara Waves Online News that Justice Patterson passed away at his residence in Century Palm, Durban Park, Georgetown. The relative said that in recent months Mr Patterson had been battling some health issues which had become ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Saturday advised Afro-Guyanese to get involved in business and urged communities to support them so that they can continue to thrive. He stressed the critical importance of creating a business class in each village in which villagers buy and sell from each other to generate wealth within. “The African Guyanese needs to focus on business. ...