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Indigenous Amerindians in Chenapau Village on Monday morning demanded compensation from the government for the fiery death of 19 students of the Mahdia Secondary School students. “We need compensation,” “We need justice”, were among the chants and slogans on placards. Meanwhile, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) called on government to cancel all 57th Independence Day ...

Guyana Fire Service (GFS) fire fighters did not have sufficient water to fight the early Monday morning fire at the heavily grilled dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School that claimed the lives of at least 20 students, sources said. Sources said the bowser, which carries 2,500 gallons of water, was last week Wednesday sent to Lethem to assist with preparations ...

At least 20 children were early Monday morning killed in a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory, government said in a statement. “We have lost many beautiful souls in that fire. The death toll currently stands at 20, while several others received injuries,” the Department of Public Information said in a statement. Authorities said seven others were being prepared for ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Sunday appealed for calm and alertness as he called on authorities to answer several questions surrounding the escape of convict Royden “Smallie” Williams from the Mazaruni maximum security prison during an exchange of heavy gunfire between his accomplices. “The recapture of this mass murderer remains our foremost concern, and we must continue to hold the ...

President Irfaan Ali said early Monday morning that an emergency medical response post has been established at the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport to provide initial medical treatment to numerous children who were burnt in a school dormitory at Mahdia. “We are setting up an emergency centre here. Everything is being set up in Georgetown here to receive the ...

Several children early Monday morning died in a raging fire at the Mahdia school dormitory, prompting an outpouring of shock and grief by government and the opposition. “It is with heavy heart and pain that the Cabinet is being briefed and kept updated on a horrific fire at the dormitory in Mahdia. All efforts are being made to have a ...

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The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Saturday urged Guyanese to strike a balance between the need to earn revenues from the oil and gas sector and the need to ensure there is sufficient cash to clean up after an oil spill. “It is inconceivable that any sensible Guyanese would consider reversing this massive progress but, yes, every sensible Guyanese must ...

Murder convict Royden “Smallie” Williams and three gunmen who helped free him from the Mazaruni Prison are believed to be still in Guyana, more than one day after the shootout, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said Saturday. “Certainly they are still in Guyana and still in the general area  of the event so that is for sure,” he told a ...

The boat and its captain suspected to have been involved in transporting gunmen who launched a daring daylight assault on the Mazaruni Prison and facilitated the escape of murder convict, Royden “Smallie” Williams, have been held, police said. “A boat suspected to have been used in helping the convict to escape has since been recovered by the Joint Services and ...