Over 75 drivers are set to compete at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMRSC) 1320 Heat Drag Race this Sunday, June 1, at the South Dakota Circuit.
The one-day event will also serve as a qualifying round for the Caribbean Drag Racing Championship.
Competitors will battle in two key categories: Pro Street, for elapsed times between 10.000 and 10.999 seconds, and Pro Race, for times ranging from 9.000 to 9.999 seconds.
Race day begins at 08:30h with a free practice session, followed by dial-in preparations from 10:00h to midday.
Official elimination rounds are scheduled to start promptly at 12:00h, weather permitting.
Tickets will be available at the gate, priced at G$2,000 for adults and G$1,000 for children.
VIP seating is available for G$5,000 on a first-come, first-served basis.
The GMRSC advises early arrival due to anticipated demand.
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A second autopsy conducted on the body of 11-year-old Adriana Younge has reaffirmed the initial postmortem findings that there was no evidence of trauma, with Dr. Carol Terry, Chief Medical Examiner of Gwinnett County, Georgia, describing the original autopsy as “competently and thoroughly” conducted.
The body was embalmed and flown to Georgia, USA, by Younge’s relatives in a bid to obtain a fourth opinion and an additional autopsy following the child’s tragic death last month.
In an interview with journalist Travis Chase shortly after the examination on Thursday, Dr. Terry explained that her examination served largely as a “quality control” measure, acknowledging that the best opportunity to determine the cause of death was during the first autopsy — when decomposition was minimal and before embalming had occurred.
While she acknowledged that certain artefacts introduced during the initial postmortem limited the forensic value of her own assessment, Dr. Terry emphasised that the first autopsy was done “correctly, competently, and thoroughly,” and explicitly stated that “no trauma was overlooked” in that examination.
Dr. Terry also agreed with the initial findings: there was no evidence of trauma and did not find no signs of struggle. However, she stopped short of confirming drowning as the definitive cause of death, noting instead that she would be “reluctant to rule drowning” due to the limitations of a second autopsy and the absence of supporting toxicology results provided to her directly.
“Drowning is a diagnosis of exclusion,” she explained, stressing that such a conclusion requires the elimination of all other possible causes of death. Nonetheless, she did call for a thorough investigation, remarking that the surrounding circumstances of Adriana’s disappearance and death were “suspicious.” That investigation, however, is already underway and has so far found no evidence of criminal involvement.
Retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigator, Mr. Leonard McCoshan, who was earlier engaged in the inquiry, also reported that there is “no evidence of foul play by persons named or unnamed during the investigation.”
11-year-old Adriana Younge, whose tragic death has sparked national outrage and demands for justice across Guyana
What the First Autopsy Found
The initial autopsy was conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital on April 28 by three experienced forensic pathologists — Dr. Shubhakar Karra Paul, Dr. Glenn Rudner, and Dr. Gary L. Collins — and concluded that Adriana died by accidental drowning. That finding was based on a comprehensive analysis, including internal and external examinations, toxicology, DNA swabs, and postmortem imaging.
The autopsy found her lungs swollen and filled with fluid, a classic sign of drowning, and foam in her airways suggested she was alive when submerged. Notably, toxicology results showed no drugs and only trace ethanol levels — a byproduct of natural decomposition. DNA analysis detected no foreign genetic material, ruling out sexual assault or struggle, and her body showed no bruises, lacerations, or other injuries.
A patterned imprint on her forearm matched the “VIP” wristband she had been wearing, believed to have formed during prolonged submersion — a key detail affirming she had not been removed from and returned to the water posthumously.
Adriana was last seen near the pool of a hotel on the East Bank of Essequibo on April 23. Her body was discovered floating in the pool the following morning. Her death, under unclear circumstances, prompted intense public scrutiny and speculation, leading the family to seek further examination.
The findings of both autopsies, however, converge on a central point: there is no evidence of trauma, sexual assault, or foul play.
While Dr. Terry urged caution around ruling drowning in the absence of complete data available to her, her conclusion ultimately reaffirmed the professional integrity and accuracy of the first autopsy.
The University of Guyana (UG) has reported a historic surge in student interest, with over 20,000 applications initiated during the first month since the Government’s tuition-free policy came into effect.
The overwhelming response prompted the University to close its applications portal on 16 May 2025. However, in response to continued demand and numerous requests from students and stakeholders, UG will briefly reopen its application portal from Friday, 30 May to midnight on Monday, 2 June 2025. This reopening will apply only to selected programmes that still have available capacity, as most competitive offerings are already oversubscribed by several hundred applicants.
The application process for the 2025/2026 academic year originally opened on 1 April and saw an unprecedented number of initiated and submitted applications. University officials have advised applicants who have already submitted their forms to expect responses from the second week of June through to August 2025.
Orientation for new students is expected to commence around 25 August 2025. All new and continuing students are urged to monitor their emails and Student Records Management System (SRMS) accounts regularly to avoid missing crucial updates or deadlines.
Owing to the record number of applications, successful applicants will now be given a two-week window to accept their offers. Additionally, applicants are reminded to ensure that their submissions are fully completed, as the University has noted a significant number of initiated but incomplete applications.
Meanwhile, the application process for continuing students will open on 16 June 2025 and run until 1 August 2025.
Comprehensive information regarding course offerings, application procedures, and admission requirements is available on the University’s official platforms, including its website and SRMS. Official updates will also be shared through press releases, advertisements, and announcements via media partners.
The University has further encouraged this year’s CSEC candidates to apply for admission in advance of their results and request that CXC send their results directly to UG, allowing for faster processing. Some programmes will also provisionally accept students pending final grades.
For more details on applying to the University of Guyana, please visit: https://uog.edu.gy/
A search operation is underway in Region Seven following the disappearance of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier who reportedly fell into the Cuyuni River during a routine patrol.
The missing soldier has been identified as Lance Corporal Stefon Tudor. He was part of a riverine patrol team operating near the Makapa rapids, close to the Guyana-Venezuela border, when the incident occurred between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Troops stationed at Eteringbang and Makapa were immediately mobilised and are currently engaged in ongoing efforts to locate their missing comrade. The GDF, in an official release, confirmed that it is “sparing no resources” in the search and rescue mission.
Lance Corporal Tudor’s family has been informed of the incident, and the Force has assured the public of its unwavering commitment to the safety and well-being of all its officers and ranks.
In line with military protocol, a Board of Inquiry has been convened to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Further updates will be provided as information becomes available.
Popular Guyanese businessman and entertainer, Marlon ‘Freedom Boss’ Jacobs has endorsed the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C).
In a simple Facebook post, Jacobs declared: “VOTE PPP/C.”
The entertainer is among many prominent persons who have endorsed the party in the past few days.
In the past week, Liberty and Justice Party Leader, Lenox Shuman; The Citizenship Initiative’s Shazaam Ally; and PNCR’s Daniel Seeram and Dr. Richard Van West Charles all endorsed the PPP.
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo rejected assertions made by Azruddin Mohamed, challenging the businessman to release whatever evidence he has implicating President Dr. Irfaan Ali in a tax waiver for an undervalued Lamborghini.
“Let him release the evidence that President Ali told him to submit a false invoice to the GRA… (It is) a fake invoice, because no such thing happened,” Jagdeo said at a party press conference on Thursday.
Just before, President Dr. Irfaan Ali challenged the businessman to provide proof that he ever presented the true invoice of a Lamborghini Aventador to the Office of the President, dismissing claims that he authorised any tax waiver related to the luxury vehicle as “ridiculous.”
In a comment to the News Room, Dr. Ali further clarified that while tax matters are frequently brought to the attention of the presidency, they are appropriately referred to the GRA, which operates independently in such matters.
Mohamed made the claim outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, shortly after he was granted $500,000 bail. He had just pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges related to fraudulent declarations made to the GRA concerning the vehicle’s importation.
The charges stem from an investigation that revealed major discrepancies in the declared value of the Lamborghini Aventador. Mohamed is accused of declaring the vehicle at just US$76,000 — a figure vastly lower than the US$695,000 indicated in original purchase documents now in the hands of authorities.
President Dr. Irfaan Ali has challenged businessman Azruddin Mohamed to provide proof that he ever presented the true invoice of a Lamborghini Aventador to the Office of the President, dismissing claims that he authorised any tax waiver related to the luxury vehicle as “ridiculous”.
“The authority to waive taxes rests with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and its Commissioner General. At no time have I instructed the GRA on any tax matter regarding Mr Mohamed,” the President said in an invited comment to the News Room on Thursday.
“I would definitely like Mr Mohamed to share any information in which he presented to me the true invoice of the vehicle which is now available to GRA. It is ridiculous for Mr Mohamed to suggest otherwise.”
Dr. Ali further clarified that while tax matters are frequently brought to the attention of the presidency, they are appropriately referred to the GRA, which operates independently in such matters.
“Any matter in relation to taxes – and many such matters are raised with the president – are sent to the GRA. In this instance, the GRA made it very clear to Mr Mohamed that they were investigating the true value of the vehicle and in the course of that investigation the true value of the vehicle is now established,” he added.
Mohamed made the claim outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, shortly after he was granted $500,000 bail. He had just pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges related to fraudulent declarations made to the GRA concerning the vehicle’s importation.
Azzurdin Mohamed at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court
The charges stem from an investigation that revealed major discrepancies in the declared value of the Lamborghini Aventador. Mohamed is accused of declaring the vehicle at just US$76,000 — a figure vastly lower than the US$695,000 indicated in original purchase documents now in the hands of authorities.
The evidence, submitted in a supplemental 78-page affidavit filed in the High Court last week, includes the original invoice obtained through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) between Guyana and the United States.
GRA attorneys argue the under-declaration was no clerical error but a deliberate act of fraud intended to evade substantial taxes. A conviction could lead to fines ranging from $10,000 to three times the value of the evaded taxes, as well as imprisonment of up to three years.
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo labelled the May 25 Venezuelan elections for Guyana’s Essequibo region a huge failure, rejecting propaganda emanating from the Spanish-speaking nation.
The elections were for governor and other representatives of the Essequibo region, an area internationally recognised as Guyana’s. The elections were, however, held in Venezuela.
Jagdeo said no Guyanese went across to Venezuela to vote in these elections, and that a video, shared by Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and purporting that Guyanese were crossing the border to vote, was fake. Rodriguez’s video has since been debunked and rejected, as it was merely a video of passengers crossing the Demerara River, with the Stabroek Market in the background.
“Nobody crossed, it’s a rejection. Nobody wants to be part of Venezuela
“… The people of Guyana, they know, instinctively, genetically, that every bit of the 83,000 square miles of our territory belongs to us,” the Guyanese Vice President said at a party press conference on Thursday.
The Vice President also expressed his pride that Guyanese, particularly those living in border communities, stood tall and reaffirmed Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. However, he criticised the local opposition for withholding their support on a recent Parliamentary motion on reaffirming Guyana’s sovereignty over its internationally recognised territory.
Guyana maintains that Essequibo is an integral part of its sovereign territory, a position upheld by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its December 2023 ruling. So it believes that the Venezuelan elections are a violation of the ICJ’s orders and international law.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Edgar Thomas, who was the Police Commander of Region Four in March 2020, on Thursday admitted that he destroyed his diary issued by the Police and which contained confidential information in relation to the March 2020 General and Regional elections.
Thomas made this revelation as he testified under oath before acting Chief Magistrate, Faith McGusty as the trial into the March 2020 electoral fraud continues.
During the 2020 elections, Thomas headed Police Division 4. This means he had responsibility for areas within the entire city of Georgetown, stretching all the way to the arch at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Center was situated at the Ashmins Building in Georgetown. There, Thomas was responsible for external security.
Thursday’s hearing commenced with Thomas being crossed examined by defence attorney, Eusi Anderson.
During his hours-long cross examination, Thomas, among other things, admitted that he received information from the then Commissioner of Police Leslie James to ensure that the Command Center and all elections material were protected.
This, he said was documented in his personal diary which was issued to him by the Guyana Police Force.
Like many other organisations, the police force issues a diary to its ranks. The diary is used for the ranks’ personal use.
It is not for official use like a pocket book. So, this means Thomas can do what he wishes with it.
And so he did. Thomas told the court that in 2023, three years after the elections, he destroyed the diary since it contained “classified” information. He could not disclose any other details due to its confidentiality.
“Because the way the source of information come from I know it had to be classified.
“I am unable to tell the court the details of my classified information,” Thomas told the court.
Classified information in law enforcement means confidential.
For example, if a source divulged information, ranks are not allowed to reveal the source or details of any of the information provided.
Destruction of the diary, Thomas told the court is something he does periodically.
The defence forced heavily on Thomas credibility. Thomas is currently the Head of the Presidential Guard, a position he held since 2020.
One, which he told the court he is confident he is capable of holding and do so with “integrity and professionalism”.
Further, during cross examination by defence attorney, Nigel Hughes, Thomas said he didn’t tie the events of the 2020 elections to the destruction of his diary.
Nine individuals are currently before the court, charged with conspiring to manipulate the election results in favour of APNU+AFC, thereby seeking to deny victory to the PPP. Those charged include former government minister Volda Lawrence, former Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, former Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, and former Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, among others.
The controversy surrounding the March 2020 elections delayed the results for five months until PPP candidate Irfaan Ali was sworn in as president in August 2020.
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11-year-old Adriana Younge, whose tragic death has sparked national outrage and demands for justice across Guyana
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Azzurdin Mohamed at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court