CARICOM looks to tackle youth violence in the region

A series of National Consultations on Reducing Youth on Youth Violence in CARICOM Member States kicked off in Antigua and Barbuda on Monday. The consultation began with an opening ceremony at the Multipurpose Center in St. John’s, following which training and data collection started at the Ottos Comprehensive School and surrounding community. The consultation and […]

Ministry probing common entrance irregularities in Region 1

The Ministry of Education has announced that a probe is underway into suspected irregularities in the conduct of the National Grade Six Assessment examinations in Region 1. According to the Ministry, it has been informed that there were “irregularities in the conduct of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in a particular school in Region […]

Guyanese man wins US$3 Million NY Lottery

(NBC News) A Rockefeller Center security guard who bought a scratch-off lottery ticket on his lunch break won the $3 million jackpot. Lottery officials said Rafik Sulaiman, a 58-year-old father of three and immigrant from Guyana, bought the $10 ticket from a vending machine at a Pronto Pizza on 48th Street. He is one of […]

CFATF refers Guyana to FATF for further sanctions

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has referred Guyana to its parent body the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), following Guyana’s inability to pass legislation, approved by the financial group. This move follows a high-level Plenary Meeting held from May 26-29, 2014 in Miami, United States of America. The CFATF is now calling on its members to […]

“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 […]