Crime
Smithfield woman granted $500,000 bail after caught with ganjaA 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 upgradedGeorgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead...
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...
Bandits attack La Grange couple, cart off with $1M in valuablesA couple living at Unity Road, La Grange, West Bank Demerara was on Thursday tied up and beaten by bandits...
Fire destroys house at IndustryThree persons are now homeless after a fire, which was allegedly intentionally set, ripped through an Industry, East Coast Demerara...
Motorcyclist escapes after dropping haversack with 34 lbs of ganjaPolice in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice) are on the hunt for a motorcyclist who escaped on Monday after dropping a...
Human remains found near BOSAI compoundInvestigators are probing the discovery of skeletal remains which were found near the BOSAI compound in Linden on Thursday. Reports...
Miner, 31, drowns while swimming across Puruni RiverPolice are investigating the drowning of Alexander Angoy, a 31-year-old Miner of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, which occurred...
4 years jail for human trafficking, $1.5M in payment to victimMayelin Cordova, a 41-year-old businesswoman of Byderado Road, Bartica, was on Wednesday sentenced to four years imprisonment for trafficking a...
Fire at Prison Service living quarters was electrical – Fire ChiefAn investigation into the fire which destroyed the Prison Service living quarters at Parade Street, Kingston last Friday found that...
‘Dreddy’ was shot six times – PMEJoseph Wilkinson called ‘Dreddy’, the businessman who was gunned down in North Ruimveldt, Georgetown at the weekend, sustained six gunshot...
Porknocker fatally stabbed by drinking buddyA 27-year-old porknocker is now dead after he was stabbed to death on Monday by his drinking buddy at Big...
UPDATE: 22 years of employment ends in death for foreman; Labour Ministry joins probeTrevor Jones, the John Fernandes employee who died in an accident at the Water Street, Georgetown wharf on Tuesday was...
Body of man, 61, found in trench at Bush Lot FarmThe body of Shamnarine Nowrang called ‘Shammy’, 61, a farmer of No.56 Village, Corentyne was found partially submerged in a...
Cane Harvester remanded for murder of girlfriend’s stepfather, peacemakerA cane harvester from Ulverston Village, Corentyne was Tuesday charged with the murders of two men last week. Devon Stanley,...
Mandela resident crushed to death by loaderPolice investigators are currently at the John Fernandes wharf on Water Street in Georgetown where a man was reportedly crushed...
Machine operator gets eight years on manslaughter chargeFifty-year-old Deonarine Seetaram, also known as “Jericho,” from Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, was sentenced to eight years in prison...
Man sentenced to eight years imprisonment for killing Karasabai father of fourRupununi resident, Yuri Nicholas was Monday sentenced to eight years in prison for the 2019 fatal stabbing of Elton Leonard,...
No arrest yet for murder of ‘Dreddy’Investigators probing the murder of Campbellville, Georgetown resident, Joseph Wilkinson called ‘Dreddy’ are working to identify his alleged killers. This...
Taxi driver robbed of $6M in jewelleryPolice are on the hunt for a lone bandit who robbed a taxi driver at gunpoint of some $6 million...
More than 3,000 traffic cases in a weekOver the past week, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Traffic Department made a total of 3,488 cases against errant road...
