“Evil Spirits” force Guyanese out of St. Lucian home

(St. Lucian News Online) Apparitions of a black male figure, scratching and tapping sounds, a croaking frog, doors opening and closing, whispers and knocking, all sound like scenes from a Hollywood horror movie, but this scenario is happening in St. Lucia. About three weeks ago, a Guyanese family was forced to flee their unfinished three-bedroom […]

Gunmen invade and rob Rubis Bel Air station

Three bandits on Thursday night carried out a daring Hollywood style robbery of the Rubis gas station in Bel Air leaving staff members and customers traumatized. According to eyewitnesses, just after 8:30 on Thursday night, a grey coloured Toyoto 212 motor car turned into the service station and two armed men with masks jumped out […]

U.S woman busted with cocaine in frozen fish at CJIA

There appears to be no giving up the fight by drug pushers in Guyana to get the cocaine out of the country, and they appear to be doing so by any means necessary. Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics  Unit on Wednesday afternoon arrested a U.S citizen at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport after a […]

48-year-old man who murdered 18-year-old girlfriend dies in prison

The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday announced that 48-year-old Robert Sandy of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, who was in custody for the stabbing death of his 18-year-old girlfriend, died on Wednesday at the New Amsterdam Prison. The release from the Police Press Officer did not give a cause of death.    Sandy was charged with […]

Police dog handler and woman remanded for Ogle cocaine bust

24-year-old Police Detective Ian Johnson, who is attached to the narcotics unit of the Guyana Police Force as a dog handler, was on Wednesday refused bail and remanded to prison, along with 19-year-old Kingston resident, Anastacia Crawford. The two appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates Court jointly charged for drug trafficking. The charges filed against the […]

Two cases of Chikungunya confirmed in Guyana

Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has confirmed the discovery of two confirmed cases of Chikungunya in the Canje, Berbice area and he announced that a team has been dispatched to the area and will be conducting fogging exercise over the next two weeks. The two cases, a toddler, and a woman said to be […]

GoG/CDB funded $98.8M Nursery School commissioned at Tuschen

(GINA) Residents of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and surrounding communities today welcomed the commissioning of a spanking new, state-of-the-art nursery school built at a cost of $98.8M. Architecturally, the building is the first of its kind in the country, built specifically with all the necessary amenities to accommodate nursery-age children.             Funding for the school […]

Ansa Mcal concerned about increase in bootleg imports

The Ansa McAL Trading Company in Guyana has expressed its worry and concern over the increasing number of counterfeit products on the local market and many of those counterfeit products appear to be bargain brands of products distributed by the company. In Guyana, Ansa McAl serves as the authorized distributor a wide range of products […]