Crime
Smithfield woman granted $500,000 bail after caught with ganja
A 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 upgraded
Georgetown’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...
CANU nets over $4M in cocaine, ganja during operation at Providence
Two persons are in the custody of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) following the discovery of a large quantity of...
Third bee attack in Berbice claims another life
A third bee attack in the county of Berbice has claimed the life of another person on Friday and injured...
Woman collapses and dies at Vigilance Magistrate’s Court
A 58-year-old woman collapsed and died while attending the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) on...
Fraudster who received presidential pardon from Granger back in court
A 47-year-old businesswoman, who was pardoned by former President David Granger in 2017, was on Friday released on $3M bail...
Amerindian Affairs PS arrested in sting operation; accused of taking ‘kickbacks’
Sharon Hicks, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, was arrested on Thursday afternoon during a sting operation...
Berbice housewife dies following bee attack
Dorothy Adams, a 58-year-old housewife from Ratter Dam East Bank Berbice (EBB), Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), died on Thursday...
Owner of ‘stolen’ SUV confesses to staging incident to get insurance money
A 27-year-old businessman attempted to commit insurance fraud by staging the theft of his white SUV Volkswagen PYY 7703 with...
‘I am innocent’ – Accused Brickdam arsonist remanded to prison
Twenty-six-year old Clarence Greene called ‘Molly’ was on Thursday remanded to prison for arson in relation to the fire that...
Fire Service concludes arson in Brickdam fire but says no one confessed to them
By Kurt Campbell kurt@newsroom.stagingsites.cc The Guyana Fires Service on Thursday said its investigation into the fire which destroyed the...
Berbice labourer dies following bee attack
Tragedy struck in Eversham Village, Corentyne in Region Six when a 57-year-old labourer ventured into the back-dam with some farmers...
Cattle rangers beaten, robbed of torchlight, bowl
Police in Berbice reported that a man has been arrested following the robbery of two cattle rangers who were beaten...
Businesswoman, housewife attacked, tied up by bandits
A 40-year-old businessman and a 21-year-old housewife who were conversing outside of their Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara apartment were tied...
Technician who stopped to urinate robbed of car, cash, electronics
Four armed gunmen on Wednesday robbed a Technician of his vehicle, a quantity of cash and electronics as he stopped...
SUV with important documents stolen after keys left inside
A 27-year-old businessman parked his white SUV Volkswagen motor-van PYY 7703 on Alexander Street, Kitty, Georgetown with the keys in...
Chinese miner feared dead in Essequibo River
A search has been launched for 57-year-old Sude Tui, a Chinese miner who reportedly went under while swimming in the...
Brickdam fire: Suspect gave wrong name, address to cops; no assault seen on video confession
By Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Twenty-six-year-old Clarence Greene known as ‘Molly’ of Charlestown, Georgetown who is accused of setting a massive...
Boy, 13, finds gun while playing in backyard
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a .38 Taurus revolver in the backyard of a Reliance Settlement,...
Senior cop remanded on drug charge
Deputy Superintendent of Police Dexter Brown was on Wednesday remanded to prison after being charged with possession of narcotics for...
