Year: 2019

The post mortem performed on the body of 15-year-old Mae’s Secondary School student, Vanica Schultz, failed to reveal the cause of death. The autopsy was performed by Dr Nehaul Singh on Monday at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary, who reported that the cause of death is undetermined. As such, body contents, blood and urine samples were extracted and are expected to be further analysed to determine the cause of death of the teenager. Nevertheless, the body was handed over to the family for burial. Initially, it was reported that the…

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– Jagdeo to diplomats A no-confidence motion has been passed against his government, but with each day that passes without President David Granger announcing a date for General and Regional Elections, Guyana slips closer to a constitutional crisis. This is according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who on Monday hosted meetings at his Church Street, Georgetown office with foreign diplomats to apprise them of the political situation in Guyana following the no-confidence resolution and to air the parliamentary Opposition’s concerns. According to Jagdeo, in an interview following the meeting, he…

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– says Top Cop on death of incarcerated man Police Commissioner Leslie James has disclosed that there is a possibility that police ranks could be implicated in the death of the East Coast Demerara man, who died while in police custody. Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, the Top Cop noted an independent probe has been launched into the death of 39-year-old Kallicharran Sawack, who died on Monday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was admitted to the ICU with injuries sustained while he was custody. “I was informed…

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There have been several calls for an independent probe into the deaths of the three children, who all lost their lives after the administering of a pre-chemotherapy injection at the Georgetown Public Hos-pital. Rights of the Child Commissioner and activist, Nicole Cole expressed her view that an external investi-gation which includes representatives from recognised and relevant organisations is more in keeping with transparent and impartial than the hospital investigating itself. “I think an independent investigation should be carried out to determine the true facts. One cannot trust investigations done by…

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After the two prosecution star witnesses identified the seven persons accused of being part and parcel of the robbery on a Meten-Meer-Zorg grocery store that led to the death of Zulfikar Namdar; the jury will soon determine innocence or guilt after three weeks on trial. This comes after Defence Counsels Nigel Hughes, Adrian Thompson and George Thomas presented their cases before the 12 members on Wednesday at the High Court in Georgetown. Allan Dorsett called “Baird”; Delwayne Croft; Esan Lawrence, called “Muscle”; Jermaine Williams, called “Yankee”; Andrew Chandler, called “Sonic”;…

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