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...
Police issues wanted bulletin for fisherman who killed wifeHours after 57-year-old Savitri Raj was brutally murdered in her sleep, the Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin...
16 people injured, including 10 shot, in attack on Brooklyn SubwayNew York Times – At least 16 people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, in the subway in Brooklyn...
Decomposed body, suspected to be missing fisherman, washes ashoreThe badly decomposed body, suspected to be that of missing fisherman Suraj Dhaneshwar, was discovered on the foreshore at Dantzig,...
Man, 44, wanted for questioning in 2012 murder of fmr. GEA employeeRyvan Shervin Francis, a 44-year-old man of mixed descent, is wanted by the Guyana Police Force for questioning in relation...
Foulis woman, 57, stabbed to death by husband a day before court caseA 57-year-old woman of 15th Street Foulis, East Coast Demerara, was horrifically murdered in her sleep in the wee hours...
Court orders businessman seen beating daughter to stay away for ‘lifetime’The 25-year-old woman, who was brutally assaulted by her father- a popular Kitty businessman, has successfully obtained a lifetime protection...
UPDATE: Schoolgirl suffered broken neck, leg in Sophia accidentFourteen-year-old Makeida Quick was one of eleven children born to Melissa Vossey and an aspiring teacher and dancer. But on...
Taxi driver robbed at knifepoint while waiting on passengerA 47-year-old taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint by two men in the wee hours of Monday in the vicinity...
Speeding motorcyclist kills schoolgirl, 14A 14-year-old Tucville Secondary school girl was tragically killed when she was struck down by a speeding motorcyclist on Sunday....
One dead, another flees accident scene in LindenAn accident between two motorcyclists on the One Mile Public Road, Wismar, Linden on Sunday morning has claimed the life...
Minibus driver dies in Rupununi accidentAn accident on the Bina Hill public road in North Rupununi on Sunday resulted in the death of 48-year-old Lennox...
Nigerian community in Guyana rejects claims of ‘romance scams’Please see full statement from the African Caribbean Chamber of Trade, Commerce and Industry below: We write in response...
Missing fisherman: Ice-box, t-shirt found floating in Corentyne RiverThree days after falling overboard in waters off the coast of Guyana’s Corentyne, believed to be the maritime zone of...
Kitty Police Station ranks under probe; firearms seized from businessman caught brutalizing daughterThe Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is investigating the alleged unprofessional handling of a matter by ranks of the...
Woman arrested for allegedly burning down house in GT; family homelessA woman identified by the Guyana Fire Services as Anita Graham is in police custody for allegedly setting a house...
Thief nabbed with stolen sausages, laptop, other itemsPolice in Region One (Barima-Waini) have arrested a thief who broke into the business place of 49-year-old Douglas Robeiro at...
Six years jail for attempted murderAnthony Persaud was on Friday sentenced to six years imprisonment for the attempted murder of a man during a robbery...
Businessman reportedly busted with illegal gun, ammo released on bailA businessman was on Friday released on $250,000 for the alleged illegal possession of a gun and ammunition. Rondy Blyden...
