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...
Bank teller, teacher charged for ‘fraudulent withdrawal’ from Republic BankDonna Edwards, a 44-year-old school teacher of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown and Tyrell Davis, a 19-year-old bank teller of Wismar, Linden,...
Construction worker charged with murder of friendThirty-year-old Andrew Seegobin, a construction worker, appeared at the Reliance Magistrate’s Court on Friday, charged with the murder of his...
Schoolboy in custody for wounding copPolice have arrested a fifth-form student who reportedly hit a 23-year-old Police Constable in the head with a piece of...
Wanted man stabbed to death in Region 7A man who was wanted by the Police for armed robbery was found stabbed to death on Thursday afternoon at...
‘Quicksilver’ sentenced to life imprisonment for raping woman at knifepointDinesh Seepersaud, also known as ‘Quicksilver,’ was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2020 rape of a woman...
OPR probing shooting of Goed Fortuin shopkeeper by copsThe Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is investigating the shooting of a 34-year-old shopkeeper late last month by police ranks...
Murder of Accountant: Family puzzled, urges thorough probeRelatives of Chooromanie Tulsie called ‘Anita’, the single mother who was discovered dead in her Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD)...
Millions in losses as furniture store, house destroyed by fireA well-known furniture establishment was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, leaving seven persons homeless and the owners counting millions...
Guns in barrel: Two men charged for trafficking firearms, ammunitionTwo men have been charged with trafficking firearms and ammunition following the discovery of “a large cache of firearms and...
Spurned lover hacks off partner’s fingers after she refused to return home; nabbed and tied up by villagersCherriel Fredricks, a 48-year-old woman of Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, is currently hospitalised after four of her fingers were...
Mahdia woman remanded for attempted murder of her husbandAmanda Prince, a 37-year-old unemployed woman from Danju Hill, Mahdia, was charged on Tuesday with attempted murder. Prince is accused...
Ganja and phones found during New Amsterdam prison searchA prison search at the New Amsterdam Prison in Berbice in the early hours of Wednesday unearthed the following items:...
Driver who struck down Police at roadblock remanded to prisonFitzroy Aulder, the 44-year-old driver who struck down and killed Woman Constable 25953 Annette Abel last Thursday was Tuesday charged...
Mahaica woman found dead with knife in throatPolice are investigating the alleged murder of Chooromanie Tulsie, a 38-year-old Accountant of Lot 26 Unity Mahaica, East Coast Demerara....
‘Ducky’ gets life sentence for killing Berbice labourerDonald Shariff called “Ducky” was Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment over the 2020 brutal beating of New Amsterdam, Berbice labourer...
Driver charged for robbing Indian construction firm of $8MA 26-year-old driver, who is accused of carting off over $8M in cash from the Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD)...
14 informal miners killed in Suriname tunnel collapse(Reuters) Fourteen informal gold miners were killed in a tunnel collapse in Suriname on Monday afternoon on a concession belonging...
WCB murder: Two arrested following discovery of woman’s bodyTwo persons have been arrested in connection with the stabbing to death of 48-year-old Daniele Charles, a labourer attached to...
