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...
Fire at Mabaruma Sec. School was act of arsonPreliminary investigations carried out by the Guyana Fire Service into the fire which severely damaged the Mabaruma Secondary School on...
Faulty AC unit led to fire on Broad and Russell StreetsA faulty air-conditioning (AC) unit malfunctioned and ignited nearby items in the upper flat of the Lot 43 Broad and...
Murder of electrician: Sisters recount harrowing ordealBy Isanella Patoir isanella@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Nineteen-year-old Joshua Denny was shot and killed during a robbery moments after he left his Festival...
Young father shot in Festival City died during surgeryJoshua Denny, 19, who was shot during an alleged robbery on Thursday morning died while undergoing life-saving surgery, police reported....
Young father shot dead in Festival CityA Festival City, Georgetown man was shot dead Thursday morning during an alleged robbery. The man has been identified as...
Men run away from cops leaving 32lbs ganja behindTwo men who police said are known to them are being sought following the discovery of 14.497 kilograms (32 pounds)...
Police investigating man who posted his ex-girlfriend’s nudes on Tik TokThe Guyana Police Force is investigating a report made by a 21-year-old female alleging that she is being humiliated by...
Intoxicated man verbally abuses mother, stabs neighbourPolice are on the hunt for a 28-year-old Parika, Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo man who stabbed his 33-year-old neighbour...
Serious crisis averted as fire service manages to control blazeThe upper flat of a Lot 43 building at the corner of Broad and Russell Streets, Georgetown was destroyed by...
File relating to Essequibo abduction sent for legal adviceThe case file in relation to the abduction and beating of 25-year-old minibus driver Imran Khan was sent to the...
Farmer feared dead in boat accidentPolice have launched a search for 37-year-old Harry Mangal, a farmer of Abrams Creek, Upper Pomeroon River who is missing...
Man beaten to death by brother died from shock, loss of bloodA post-mortem examination (PME) conducted on the body of 29-year-old Lakeram Dhurup of No. 72 Village, Upper Corentyne Berbice found...
State to pay Jamaican woman $3.1M for wrongful detentionThe State has been ordered to pay $3.1M to a 56-year-old Jamaican national who claimed she was wrongfully detained for...
Hope Estate resident charged with chopping man to deathSahadeo Persaud, 48 on Tuesday appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Pradesh Ramgobin,...
Motorcycle bandits rob labourer of cell phone, shoot at police on patrolTwo bandits on a motorcycle, one of whom was armed with a handgun, robbed a 26-year-old labourer of his LG...
Man of ‘religious standing’ arrested for rape of boy, 17Police have arrested a man who has “religious standing” in a community of Region Six (East-Berbice Corentyne) for the alleged...
Two arrested for abducting, beating Essequibo manPolice have arrested a father and son in connection with the abduction and beating of a 25-year-old minibus driver and...
E’bo man forced into car trunk, beaten and left for deadPolice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged abduction of a 25-year-old minibus driver from his Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast...
