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Two young girls on Sunday drowned in the Enchanter Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway during a family outing to celebrate one of the now deceased girl’s birthday, the Guyana Police Force said. The girls, who perished at about 3:30 p.m., are 10-year-old Akira La Rose of Lot 95 Stewartville, West Coast Demerara and 11-year-old Joylyn Jack of Lot 1726 Tuschen, West Coast ...

Police say the body of a farmer was recovered while it was floating down the Pomeroon River, two days after he was reported missing. Investigators believe that 53-year-old Winston ‘Jim’ Alberta of Akawini Creek, Pomeroon River, probably drowned some time between November 30 and December 2. His sister, Renitta English, told police that he left home in his paddle boat ...

A 28-year old man lost his life in Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) while he was working at a private gold mining operation on the Puruni River, his mother said. Dead is Yannick Cornelius Janniere of 95 Stewartville, West Coast Demerara. His partly decomposed body was recovered from the Puruni River on Thursday two days after he disappeared. His mother, Harriet Simmons, ...