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Several of the students were interviewed in the presence of a Probation Officer, and statements were taken. The report on the fire will be sent today to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC for legal advice.

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said confronting the challenge of the Mahdia fire has been the hardest task of his presidency. As the country struggles to cope with the deaths of the 19 children, Ali said counselling is being provided for the families of the victims, the surviving children, and the community. Eighteen girls and a

In addition to the nine girls who were flown to the city on Monday following the devastating fire at Mahdia, Region Eight President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that in relation to those who survived, preparation has been made for them to be flown to Georgetown for further medical assessment.

EIGHTEEN girls and a five-year-old boy were killed in a fire at a secondary school dormitory in Guyana, shortly before midnight on Sunday, in a tragedy that has left the region in mourning. The girls were students of the Mahdia Secondary School, living on the compound in a dormitory. The boy, Adonijah Jerome, lived in

TEN of the 19 victims of a fire at a Guyanese school dormitory on Sunday night have been identified.