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...
Speeding, tinted vehicles lead traffic cases on East Coast roadwaysA total of 140 traffic cases were made on Friday against errant drivers on the East Coast of Demerara roadways...
Man stabbed to death following altercation at rum shopA man, identified only as ‘Sunny,’ was brutally stabbed to death at Kumung Kumung backdam, Region Seven and the Police...
Timehri man jailed for trafficking cocaine, alleged accomplice professes innocenceAndrew Rodriguez, 43, of Timehri, East Bank Demerara on Friday appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court...
Skeletal remains found in abandoned building at UitvlugtSkeletal remains, believed to those of a man, were found on Friday morning in an abandoned two-storey wooden building at...
Man charged with manslaughter over stabbing death of Sophia horse cart operatorDesan Husbands called ‘Meds’ was charged with manslaughter on Thursday following the fatal altercation with 25-year-old Mark Harris, a horse...
Linden man who burned house with family inside charged with murderAkali Moore was on Friday charged and remanded to prison for setting fire to his family house at Silvertown, Linden...
House collapses with mother, daughter inside at Bath SettlementA 37-year-old single mother used her body to protect her eight-year-old daughter on Thursday night after their wooden house collapsed...
Labourer nabbed with ganja at Parika hotelA 46-year-old labourer of Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), was nabbed with 200 grammes (or less than half a...
Woman, 19, found dead in Lusignan housePolice are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman, whose body was discovered in her Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD)...
Suspect remanded for deadly shooting in West RuimvedltThirty-four-year-old Anthony LaRose was on Thursday charged with the murder of 43-year-old construction worker, Dexter Horsham, who was fatally shot...
‘He murdered my daughter’ – Father of teen believes shooting was premeditatedAshley Singh, the 17-year-old victim in the Long Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway murder/suicide was shot multiple times about her body, allegedly...
‘Rasta’ missing following Mazaruni River boat mishapThe Guyana Police Force is leading search and rescue efforts for a man called ‘Rasta’ who was reported missing after...
Friendship man allegedly robs GNBS InspectorChris Charles, a 22-year-old unemployed man from Friendship, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on Sunday by a rank from the...
Family of murdered Leopold St. teen wants justiceRelatives of Noel Fraser, who was fatally stabbed on Saturday last, are calling for justice and for the Police to...
Labourer found dead at Mashabo trailPolice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a labourer identified as Ganesh Ramcharran, whose body was found along...
Bodies of children in Essequibo River accident to be exhumedIn a bid to determine their cause of death, the bodies of the three children who lost their lives after...
Linden man threatened to kill sister before setting deadly fire – relatives claimBy Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Akali Moore, 33, the main suspect in the fire at Silvertown, Linden that resulted in the...
Murdered Sophia man reportedly threatened attacker in the past – relativesThe 20-year-old labourer, who allegedly fatally stabbed Sophia horsecart operator, Mark Harris on Monday night, was allegedly threatened on numerous...
