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Crime

February 12, 2026
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Smithfield woman granted $500,000 bail after caught with ganja

A woman from Smithfield, Berbice, has been granted bail set at $500,000 after she was caught with 345 pounds of marijuana. On January 24, 2026, Sarafina Pitt, 32, a housewife, and Shamay Bryan, 33, a grocery shop owner, were reportedly found with approximately 345.8 pounds of cannabis in Number 10 Village, West Coast Berbice, with...

$2.8B for a better Georgetown, major markets and green spaces to be upgraded

Georgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead...

February 12, 2026
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Police silent on probe into murder of Rupununi tour guide, family considering second autopsy 

Frustration is mounting for the family of tour guide, Leon Baird as they say Police have not provided any recent...

April 22, 2024
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Semi-submersible vessel found near Port Kaituma

A grey, semi-submersible vessel was found by Police on Saturday in the Paiana Creek, Port Kaituma River, Region One (Barima-...

April 22, 2024
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Labourer, 22, fatally shot during attempted robbery

A 22-year-old labourer identified as Alvin Griffith was fatally shot on Sunday night during an attempt by two men to...

April 22, 2024
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Girl, 14, dies after struck by car at West Coast Berbice

A 14-year-old girl lost her life on Sunday following an accident along the No.41 Public Road, West Coast Berbice. Dead...

April 21, 2024
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Vendor nabbed with cannabis at Bourda

Lochan Beharry, a 41-year-old vendor was on Friday arrested after he was caught carrying a plastic bag filled with 282...

April 21, 2024
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$50 million worth in cannabis destroyed at Region 10

Police officers attached to the Mackenzie Police Station, Region Ten on Saturday conducted an eradication exercise, destroying $50 million worth...

April 21, 2024
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Police probing mysterious death of miner at Jawalla

The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of Adrian Steve Stephen, a...

April 20, 2024
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Police captures man wanted over 2013 Baracara murder

After 11 years on the run, Timothy Charles  Dejonge, also known as ‘Leon De Yonge’ of Baracara, Canje Creek, Berbice,...

April 20, 2024
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Body of missing miner found floating E’bo River

The body of a 40-year-old miner who went missing was on Friday found floating in the Essequibo River. According to...

April 20, 2024
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Two dead, one seriously injured in Berbice accident

Two men died on Friday night and another was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash along the Williamsburg Public Road,...

April 19, 2024
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Farmer, 55, found dead at Marudi Backdam

Peter Smith, 55, a farmer from Aishalton Village, Deep South Rupununi died Thursday night in an accident at a mining...

April 18, 2024
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Man, stabbed to death at Paiyuka Falls

A Venezuelan man, only known as Frankie, was stabbed to death on Thursday at Paiyuka Falls, near the Puruni River....

April 18, 2024
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High Street Accident: Woman ran into truck – Police

Police investigators are probing an accident along High Street, Georgetown Wednesday night that left a woman, 36-year-old Nina Williams, dead....

April 18, 2024
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Water Street Accident: Woman died from multiple injuries including crushed hips

The Guyana Police Force for the first time on Thursday issued a statement on Monday’s accident along Water Street, Georgetown...

April 18, 2024
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 US$1M mobilisation fee paid for rental of powership – GPL

To address recent power outages, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has already paid a mobilisation fee of US$1 million...

April 17, 2024
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Fisherman’s body found at Belladrum foreshore

The body of Ramdeo Samlall, called Monk, a 49-year-old fisherman of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, was found at the...

April 17, 2024
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No signs of missing men but wrecked boat, engine found floating at sea

Two fishermen who left for the high seas off the coast of Region Six on Friday are still missing but...

April 17, 2024
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Businessman, 20, granted $350k bail after charged with causing death of Enmore girl

Twenty-year-old Navindra Narine, a businessman of Enmore, East Coast Demerara was charged with causing the death of 16-year-old Anjalie Khemraj...

April 17, 2024
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Recovered and Remanded: Hope charged with murder of sister-in-law

Stephan Hope, 31, a security guard of Haslington, East Coast Demerara was this week charged with murder, almost a month...

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