Guyana News

As the country continues to mourn the deaths of the 19 children following the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire, two patients continue to fight for their lives.

Police are investigating a fatal accident that claimed the life of  Beshma Jagdeo, a 49-year-old fisherman of Lot 895 Second Field, South West, Cummings Lodge, Georgetown, on the Rupert Craig Highway in the vicinity of MovieTowne.

Compiled by Anita Baker and Shemila Karim (Interns with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) With Local Government Elections (LGE) set for June 12th 2023 in municipalities and neighbourhood democratic councils Stabroek News went into the streets to get the views of Guyanese who are eligible to vote.

A prison officer died in an accident at Loo Creek on Sunday evening.

Fifty-seven-year old Raymond Wilson, of Lot 508 Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on May 23 before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to the charge that was laid against him.

Forty-nine-year old Dexter Forde, of Lot 1952 Bobby Peak, Festival City, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Chief Magistrate Sherdel-Isaacs Marcus charged with insulting former city mayor Pat Chase Green.

A Goedverwagting man who was on trial for allegedly trafficking cannabis in 2021 was freed of the charge on May 23.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday received two mobile phones and two SIM cards from the Digicel Speed Release Store in Mahdia, Region 8.

CARICOM Heads of Government have noted the horrific deaths of 19 young people in a fire in a dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School in Mahdia, Guyana.

As efforts are being made to upgrade the fire prevention systems at dormitories and schools across the country, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn yesterday stated that none of the doors at the Mahdia Secondary School’s female dormitory were secured by grills.

An 84-year-old pensioner was yesterday afternoon crushed to death by a Cevons Waste Management garbage truck at Buxton Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara. 

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that samples from 13 of the 19 Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire victims will be sent to the Mount Sinai laboratory in New York and test results will be back in Guyana by Friday.

 An Adelphi Village, East Canje Berbice man yesterday pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of his mother when he appeared before Justice Simone Morris Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice.

By Joseph Allen The father of one of the girls who perished in the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire on Sunday is insisting that the lost lives “cannot go down for nothing” and that someone has to pay.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) last evening said that it will be seeking legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in relation to the deadly Mahdia Secondary School dormitory fire, which was maliciously set, GPF’s Corporate Communications Unit Director, Mark Ramotar, said in a statement.

The labourer who struck a West Coast Berbice man with a steel rod in March 2019 leading to his death yesterday pleaded guilty to murder at the High Court in Berbice.

The government has taken a decision to tone down the country’s 57th Independence celebrations, which were schedule to take place in Lethem from tomorrow.

By Andre De Silva (Intern with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) A thirty-year-old mining consultant/businessman will be contesting as an independent candidate against a 2018 APNU Councillor and a PPP/C candidate  in the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) race for Constituency Seven in Georgetown at the June 12  local government elections. 

By Subhana Shiwmangal In the aftermath of the horrific dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 19 students in Mahdia on Sunday, Stabroek News spoke to a few relatives.

At approximately 1 pm yesterday, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that service was disrupted to customers along the East Coast and East Bank Demerara after a cement truck came into contact with the company’s primary network at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.