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...
Kwakwani man charged with rape of childJamal Gilkes, 23-year-old man from Kwakwani Park, Upper Berbice River was charged with raping a child on Friday, after he...
Man, 43, killed in accident by driver rushing son to hospitalUmesh Ramkishun, a 43-year-old man, died on Friday night after he was struck down by a car being driven by...
Two months jail for unemployed man found with cocaineA 55-year-old unemployed man will be spending the next two months behind bars after he confessed to a cocaine trafficking...
Woman, 33, found dead in La Grange houseNirmala Sukhai, a 33-year-old female labourer who lived at Lot 35 Factory Dam, La Grange, West Bank Demerara was found...
Farmer admits attempt to kill woman in chopping attackA 41-year-old farmer on Friday admitted to the brutal cutlass attack carried out on a woman three years ago. Fazal...
APNU+AFC chooses side of criminality – Ministry of Homes Affairs statementSee below full statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs: The Government of Guyana is not surprised by a...
Self-confessed triggerman gets life sentence for killing ‘Saga’Aubrey Bobb, the self-confessed triggerman behind the fatal shooting of popular D’Urban Street, Georgetown businessman Godfrey Scipio called ‘Saga’, was...
Berbice men found with ganja, firearm charged Two Corentyne-Berbice men were on Friday remanded to prison after they were charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose...
Police await DNA test results to confirm if burnt remains are missing man Almost one month after burnt human remains were discovered at Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, investigators are awaiting the results...
12-Y-O girl says was abducted; family wants swift police action for perpetratorsThe aunt of the 12-year-old girl who was found on Thursday after being reported missing has said she wants justice...
Man homeless after unattended flambeau sets Linden house ablazeA man identified as Shawn Stewart is now homeless after an unattended flambeau completely destroyed the house he was living...
Construction worker who attempted to kill Linden Businessman charged, remandedFifty-three-year-old Calwyn Croal was on Thursday charged with the attempted murder of businessman Nigel Somersall. The construction worker of Blueberry...
Rickford Burke wanted by Police in extortion caseThe Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for overseas-based Guyanese political activist Rickford Burke in relation to a...
Businessman cleared of 2016 Pearl vigilante killingAfter spending the last four years on remand for murder, Moses Singh, a 63-year-old East Bank Demerara businessman, was on...
$200k bail for businessman charged with conspiracyBusinessman Dorwain Bess, 45, of Bel Air Park, Georgetown was arrested by ranks from the Police Major Crimes Unit on...
Missing Girl, 12, found at house in BerbiceTwelve-year-old Devi Persaud also known as Ashley of Singh Street, Wales, West Bank Demerara, who was reported missing on Wednesday,...
DPP writes Chancellor seeking Magistrate Daly’s removal from Dion Bascom caseThe Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack has written Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag) Yonette Cummings-Edwards for City Magistrate...
Security guard charged with bullying women via fake Facebook accountPauleen Mohabir, a 49-year security guard, was on Wednesday released on $140,000 bail on charges that he created fake Facebook...
