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...
Man, 19, killed while trying to end fight involving sistersA labourer of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown who the Police identified as 19-year-old Dequan Pyle, was killed on Saturday...
Soldier who opened fire on colleague with service weapon charged with murderBrian Morrison, 25, of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara was charged on Thursday with murder following the shooting death...
Two arrested with ganja worth $18M at Republic Park property The police arrested two persons and a large quantity of marijuana seized on Wednesday last following an intelligence-led operation at...
Man accused of beating girlfriend remanded to prisonLevi Vanhogen, who is accused of assaulting his girlfriend, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday before Senior Magistrate...
Man granted $80,000 bail for allegedly snatching woman’s chainOdingo Smith, who is accused of snatching a woman’s gold chain at King Street, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s...
Woman jailed, fined $16.7M for cocaine in biscuit wrappersMonths after she was charged, 59-year-old Unique Sunshine London was on Friday sentenced to four years in prison and fined...
Woman awarded $2.2M by court over unlawful Police arrest, detentionChief Justice (ag) Roxane George has ordered the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to pay $2.2 million in damage to a...
Youth freed by jury of 2020 murderAfter being incarcerated for three years, a 25-year-old man was on Wednesday freed of a murder charge after a jury...
Alleged ‘triggerman’ charged with murder of Coast Guard LieutenantJoshua Parris, the prime suspect in the murder of Coast Guard Lieutenant, Rondel Anthony Douglas, was on Thursday remanded to...
Driver freed in accident that killed 3 people after matter settled outside of courtMonths after an accident claimed the lives of three porters on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, charges against the driver were dismissed...
Labourer remanded for murder of drinking buddyEighteen-year-old Kevin Somrah was on Thursday remanded to prison for the murder of 25-year-old Pursoram Ganpat, a rice farmer, who...
Businessman died from blunt trauma to head, father remains in custodyThirty-six-year-old Makema Deonauth, the businessman who was found dead in his city apartment earlier this week died from brain hemorrhage...
BREAKING: Killers were contracted to steal Coast Guard’s car; buyers later refused the purchaseThe killers of Coast Guard Lieutenant, Rondel Anthony Douglas were allegedly hired to rob him of his car by two...
Driver who struck woman and drove away arrested hours laterPolice in Region Three (Essequibo Islands- West Demerara) have arrested a 31-year-old hire car driver who struck and injured a...
Dharam Shala pensioner was slated to go home but beaten to death before son showed upRelatives of Dharamdeo Singh, the pensioner who was beaten to death, allegedly by a resident of the Fort Canje Dharam...
Fire leaves Eversham family of four homelessA family of four from Eversham Village, Corentyne, Berbice is now homeless after their home was reduced to ashes on...
Man busted with ganja in car trunk at roadblockA 33-year-old man was taken into police custody Tuesday night after he was allegedly found with 17,711 grammes of cannabis...
Employee, two others remanded for armed robbery at Eureka LabRuebon Hopkinson, 30, of Farm East Bank Demerara, Kacey John, 36, of Eccles East Bank Demerara and Cephyl Drepaul, 36,...
