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...
Several persons arrested after ganja found in abandoned buildingSeveral persons are in custody after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) found three plastic bags containing several small packs of...
Four bandits rob Lusignan Chinese supermarketPolice are on the hunt for four bandits who stormed a Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) supermarket and allegedly carted...
Two injured during shooting at Bartica nightclubTwo residents of Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni) were shot and injured early Wednesday morning after there was an argument...
Parika teen dies in mining pit accidentAnthony Richard, a 17-year-old miner of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, died after a mining pit he was working in caved...
Following DPP advice, businessman gets $1M bail for hammering customer to deathA businessman, who was last week arrested after one of his customers died at his hands, was released on $1...
Parika men charged for possession of ganjaTwo men, who were found with marijuana in two separate instances, were charged on Tuesday. Police Headquarters reported that Kwame...
Enmore mechanic beaten during wedding house brawlA 37-year-old mechanic sustained serious injuries to his face last Saturday after he was allegedly attacked during a scuffle at...
Miner dies in Mazaruni River boat mishapThe body of 35-year-old Terrence Maxwell Calistro was on Monday recovered, hours after he was involved in a boat collision...
Wanted man arrested in Suriname, charged for 2020 murder of Rosignol businessmanAfter eluding law enforcement officials for more than three years, a 32-year-old fisherman was on Monday charged and remanded to...
President ‘deeply troubled’ by deadly accidents; says focus on speeding & drunk driving neededEight young persons, all age 21 and younger, died in three separate road accidents at the weekend and President Dr....
Father of five remanded for trafficking marijuanaRichard Thompson, a father of five, was Monday remanded to prison after he was charged with trafficking a quantity of...
Man, 42, granted bail on cybercrime related chargeSeon Clarke, 42, of Bent Street, Worthmanville, Georgetown appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday to answer to a...
Parika man arrested with less than a pound of ganjaA 46-year-old labourer from Parika, East Bank Essequibo, Region Three, was arrested on Saturday for the possession of 49 grammes...
Cop shot during robbery at West Bank supermarketPolice are investigating the armed robbery of the Wang Wang # 2 Supermarket at Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara, which occurred...
Gold miner stabbed to death at Imbaimadai LandingStenson Roland, a 35-year-old miner, was killed on Saturday at the Imbaimadai Landing, Upper Mazaruni River, Region Seven. Police Headquarters...
Teen motorcyclist dies in Berbice accidentAn accident between two motorcyclists on the # 11 Public Road, East Berbice just after midnight on Saturday has claimed...
Three die in horrific smash-up at MahaicaA horrific accident between a motorcycle, two cars and a truck on the Unity Public Road, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara...
Four teens die in Canal #2 after speeding driver crashes into parked truckFour teenagers died in an accident early Sunday morning after the vehicle they were in collided with a parked truck...
