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...
Industry mechanic drowned – autopsy confirmsKevin Singh, the mechanic whose lifeless body was found in a trench at Ogle Railway Embankment on Tuesday morning drowned,...
Yuri wanted for additional fraud charges; failure to report to police as part of bail conditionAlready facing a series of criminal charges, Cuban national Yuri Garcia Dominguez, one of the principals of an alleged ‘Ponzi’...
Speeding motorcyclist dies after crashing into parked lorryAn early morning accident has claimed the life of a 24-year-old man from Corentyne, Berbice. Dead is Kelon Anthony Scott...
Play School, house maliciously set on fire in separate incidentsTwo buildings, one of which housed a Play School were destroyed by separate fires on Tuesday morning and Sunday and...
Regent St electrocution reason for GT, West Dem. shutdown- GPLA man who was working on a multi-storey building next door to Royal Jewel House on Regent Street, Georgetown, sustained...
Car hijacked during armed robbery recovered in AlbouystownSwift action by Police ranks in Regional Division 4’A’ resulted in the recovery of a car that three men hijacked...
Cop on $1.6M bail for shooting death of colleague, fisherman at MahaiconyClose to a month after the fatal shooting of Police Corporal, Dwayne McPherson and fisherman, Kishan Budburgh, a Police Constable...
Body of 45-year-old mechanic found in Ogle trenchThe body of a 45-year-old mechanic was on Tuesday morning discovered in a trench in front of the Ogle, East...
$201M Police building commissioned at Fort WellingtonFort Wellington now boasts a brand-new, $201 million state-of-the-art Police station that will also act as the headquarters for Regional...
Enterprise family traumatised after thieves break into house An Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, businessman and his family are in a traumatised state after thieves broke into their house...
Bartica man arrested with three ounces of ‘ganja’Kevin Joseph, a 27-year-old Bartica man, is now in Police custody after he was busted with 99 grams (3.4 ounces)...
Hopetown accident: GDF rank in stable condition, schoolboy treated for minor injuriesThe 19-year-old driver who struck down two persons on the Hopetown Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB) on Sunday night...
Victim in fatal Essequibo accident was told to leave motorcycle at homeA mother has been thrown into a state of grief after her 19-year-old son, Devendra Khan, died in a motorcycle...
Top Cop warns of consequences for blocking roads and disrupting trafficCommissioner of Police (ag), Clifton Hicken is appealing to members of the public to desist from unlawful acts, such as...
19-Y-0 dies in motorcycle accidentA 19-year-old man died on Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a trench at...
Businessman beaten, car set on fire at Hopetown after collision with two personsChaos erupted at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice (WCB), on Sunday evening after a businessman, who was driving his RX8 vehicle,...
Man dies after car drives over him at St. Cuthbert’s MissionPaul Daniels, a 54-year-old man of the St. Cuthbert’s Mission Scheme, is dead after 27-year-old Reaul Daniel drove over him...
Eight homeless after Agricola house destroyed by electrical fireA 29-year-old woman and her family of seven are now homeless after a fire destroyed her Lot 35 Public Road...
