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...
Two women drown at Feather BeachA family outing took a turn for the worst when two women went missing Sunday afternoon. Relatives were gathered at...
CANU finds packaged ganja in shipment from USASeveral packages of cannabis were discovered in a box shipped from the United States of America by ranks of the...
Stanleytown man nabbed with 63lbs of ganja after failed attempt to evade policeA Stanleytown, New Amsterdam man who took police ranks on a high-speed chase Friday night was eventually caught and placed...
Policeman among three arrested after gun, ammo found in carThree persons were arrested Friday night along the Versailles Public Road, West Bank Demerara after police found a gun and...
High Court grants bail to man accused of murdering Linden businesswoman in 2015Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, on Friday, granted bail in the sum of $750,000 bail to Asdino Bowen who was on remand...
Duo charged with murder of elderly Black Bush Polder coupleTwo men appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh on Friday to answer to the charge of...
Teen gets four years, fined $53.1M for cannabis allegedly the property of murdered man A 19-year-old unemployed woman was Friday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $53.1 million for the possession of cannabis,...
Autopsies find husband died from fractured skull; wife was stabbed in the neckPost mortem examinations were conducted on the bodies of Subnauth Budraj and his wife Sarasuatie Budraj on Thursday by Pathologist...
State House attacker remanded for stabbing guard, discharging loaded firearmNigerian National Bethel Ikena Chimezie, who attempted to infiltrate the President’s Official residence -State House – was on Thursday remanded...
Men on motorcycle shoot Cummings Lodge manA 24-year-old man from Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara was reportedly shot by two men on a motorcycle while making...
UPDATE: Newly hired security guard who shot teen was not trained to use firearmMohan Mootoo, the 20-year-old security guard who accidentally shot a 15-year-old boy on Wednesday night was never trained to use...
Security guard shoots boy, 15, while cleaning gunA 15-year-old boy was accidentally shot in his chest on Wednesday night by a 20-year-old security guard who was reportedly...
Investigators tracing fake calls of bomb, fire threat at Bishops’ High SchoolRegional Commander, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean said Thursday that the bomb and fire threat calls made to the Bishops’ High...
Magistrates, Judges to soon get access to central database to help with sentencingA consultant has been retained and the government is moving ahead to design and later implement a central database where...
State House attacker released from hospital, to appear in court todayBethel Chenezie, the Nigerian national who carried out a daring early morning attack at the President’s official residence – State...
Classes to resume at Bishops’ High after false bomb, fire threatsClasses will resume at the Bishops’ High School in Georgetown on Thursday after a bomb threat forced the cancellation of...
Second prison escapee recaptured at Bushy ParkRyan Wilson, 29, a contractor of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo was recaptured at Bushy Park on Wednesday, almost a week...
Bomb threat at Bishops’ High SchoolA teacher at the Bishops’ High School at Carmichael Street, Georgetown, reportedly received a call that a bomb was planted...
