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...
Fire ravages Berbice house, three homelessA 60-year-old woman and her two sons are now homeless and counting their losses after a fire destroyed their lot...
Corentyne shooting: Fiancé back in custody, female arrestedFollowing the death of 32-year-old Ashmin Mahadeo of Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice, the fiancé, Neil Madramootoo, an engineer attached to the...
Taxi driver severely chopped, pretended to be dead during robbery at RubyIn an effort to save his life, a taxi-driver pretended to be dead on Saturday after five persons who hired...
Murder at Sunset Hotel: Police hunting husband, relatives say victim was abused for yearsPolice are on the hunt for Sadesh ‘Vishal’ Appadu, an ex-soldier of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and a former...
Motorcycle bandits rob man of cellphoneAn 18-year-old man was on Monday robbed of a cellphone valued at $60,000, in what is suspected to be a...
Woman shot in neck by fiancé succumbs to injuriesAshmin Mahadeo, the 32-year-old woman who was shot in the neck by her fiancé just over month ago, succumbed to...
Man dies by suicide while in custody at Providence Police StationLloyd David, a 56-year-old mason from Eccles, East Bank Demerara, who was arrested by the police on Sunday afternoon and...
Body in burnt car: Remains suspected to be those of missing Bel Air womanThe charred remains that were discovered in a torched car along the Linden-Soesdyke highway on Sunday is suspected to be...
House used for storage at Alexander Village gutted by fireA fire of unknown origins gutted a two-storey building at Third Street, Alexander Village, Georgetown on Diwali night. The fire...
Cyclist dies after struck down by speeding car driven by GDF CorporalAn accident on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Sunday night claimed the life of Junior Ernest...
BREAKING: Charred remains of human found inside torched carDetectives are probing the discovery of a torched car with the charred remains of a human being inside the driver’s...
Motorcyclist dismembered, dies after head-on collision with drunk driverShaheed Ishmail, a 36-year-old motorcyclist of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, died early Sunday morning after his motorcycle and a...
Berbice woman stabbed to death at Sunset Hotel in KittyPolice are investigating the murder of Romona Lall, a 32-year-old woman of Kilcoy Chesney, Corentyne, Berbice, who was found stabbed...
Doctor robbed of iPhone by man armed with ice pickPolice are investigating an armed robbery committed on a 29-year-old female doctor of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) of...
Man found with $95,000 in fake currencyKenio Thomason, 31, was on Saturday nabbed with $95,000 in fake $5,000 bills at Fort Wellington, West Berbice. Police Headquarters...
Man, 78, dies in Soesdyke/ Linden Highway accidentFrank London, 78, died on Saturday after he was struck by a car while sitting on the road near Adventure...
GPL worker recovering after electrocuted at Vreed-en- HoopIshwar Persaud, a 49-year-old lineman employed with the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. is hospitalised after he was electrocuted...
Motorcyclist dies after losing control of bike at PearlMark Marks, a 41-year-old motorcyclist of Charlotte Street, Georgetown, died on Friday morning after he lost control of his motorcycle...
