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...
30 months jail for armed robberyKevin Grant, a 24-year-old resident of Fourth Field Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, was on Wednesday charged with the offence of...
Minibus driver charged with rape of childWaylon Jordan, a 27-year-old minibus driver of Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, was on Wednesday charged with the rape...
House destroyed after garbage fire spreadsA 61-year-old woman and her family are now homeless after a fire from a garbage dump got out of control...
Father of three dies in Success accidentA 26-year-old motorcyclist lost his life on Thursday morning after he was allegedly involved in an accident with a truck...
Ogle Day Care owner granted High Court bailClose to a month after she was charged and remanded to prison in relation to the death of seven-month-old Oriya...
Teen confesses to #63 Beach murders of vacationing Guyanese man, employeeA 19-year-old male on Wednesday admitted to the 2019 killing of two men at the Sunsplash Holiday Beach Resort, located...
Porknocker stabbed to death; suspect handed over to the policePolice in Region One (Barima-Waini) have arrested a 27-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a porknocker to death during a misunderstanding...
Brazilian pilot found at illegal mining site fined millions, sentenced to prisonAlexander Felix Plan, the Brazilian pilot, found at illegal mining sites at Aishalton, Region Nine, last February, has pleaded guilty...
Man gets life imprisonment for East Ruimveldt executionJoshua Meredith, 29, was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years for the...
Driver in Essequibo hit-and-run accident slapped with three chargesParasram Wellington, the drunk driver who allegedly struck down 46-year-old Mahendra Kissoon on Saturday and fled the scene has been...
Man found dead at Quamina guest house suffered a heart attack-autopsy findsOmar Ally, the 49-year-old man who was Friday discovered dead in a room of the Quamina Guest House in Georgetown...
Illegal brothel operated by convicted Venezuelan national demolishedSee below press release issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs: The Ministry of Home Affairs wishes to inform the...
Suriname riot: Two dead, Police station destroyed in indigenous villageTwo persons were killed during an uprising in the Pikin Saron indigenous community in neighbouring Suriname early on Tuesday while...
Woman seen jumping from city guest house claims innocence after partner drops deadKenesha Thomas, the woman who became the center of attention after jumping from the city guest house where her partner...
Sophia murder: Security guard who stabbed girlfriend 25 times remanded to prisonA 23-year-old security guard was Tuesday remanded to prison for fatally stabbing his 31-year-old girlfriend, Lisa George, at their home...
Man, 49, dies in hit and run; driver arrested hours laterPolice in Region Two are investigating a ‘hit and run’ accident, which led to the death of Mahendra Kissoon, a...
Man dies at guest house, Police looking for ‘female suspected to be male’Police in Georgetown are probing the death of a 49-year-old man whose naked body was found in a room of...
De Willem man collapses and diesPolice in Region Three are (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man, who reportedly...
