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...
Sophia Execution: ‘Child father’ of woman in custodyPolice investigators have arrested the father of the child of 23-year-old Sheniqua Hodge who was shot dead execution-style on Wednesday...
Plaisance woman robbed by motorcycle banditsPolice are on the hunt for four motorcycle bandits who allegedly held a 25-year-old woman of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara...
Cook dies in freak accident A 40-year-old cook identified as Ricky ‘Swank’ Persaud, was killed during an accident with an excavator at Big Hope Backdam...
Pastry driver was shot to the chest – PMEA post mortem examination conducted on the body of 39-year-old Shawn ‘Dexter’ Albert, a pastry driver, found that he died...
Air Services aircraft suffers puncture with 12 passengers on board The right side tyre of an Air Services Limited registered aircraft 8R-BKP was punctured during landing at the Port Kaituma...
152lbs ganja found in barrels, one arrestedThe Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) arrested on Thursday arrested one person following the discovery of 152 lbs of local...
Execution in Sophia: Young mother was about to join Barbados armyThe young woman who was gunned down Wednesday night in ‘B’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown was a mother of a...
Police searching for couple who injured cop with cupPolice are searching for a couple identified as Bibi and Dinesh Jageshar who allegedly injured a Police Constable attached to...
GDF rank, Barbadian girlfriend gunned down in SophiaA ‘young love’ between a 26-year-old Lance Corporal of the Guyana Defence Force and a 23-year-old woman who was visiting...
Boy, 12, discovers bodies of parents in alleged murder/suicidePolice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of 36-year-old Camile Robertson Rodrigues who was found in a bloodied state...
Berbice cop in stable condition after crashing into truckA 41-year-old policeman of #72 Village, Corentyne Berbice is in stable condition at the Skeldon Public Hospital after he crashed...
Thieves cart off with three barrels containing household appliances from USAn Amelia’s Ward Linden resident is counting her losses are thieves broke into her house and stole three barrels containing...
Lone gunman robs Cuban doctor, contractors in LindenPolice in Linden are on the hunt for a lone gunman who attacked and robbed four Cuban nationals – one...
Police seeking identities of two men found deadThe Guyana Police Force is requesting the assistance of the public in identifying two men who were found dead. The...
Neesa Gopaul: Appeal Court upholds conviction of mother/lover, reduces jail timeThe Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Bibi Shareema Gopaul and her ex-lover, Jarvis ‘Barry’ Small, for...
Gold miner caught with unmarked shotgunsElvis Bartolo Pacheco, a 56-year-old Venezuelan national and gold miner, was arrested on Monday after two shotguns – a 12-...
Man, 76, dies in Campbellville fire after saving wifeAngold Thompson, the former General Manager of the Guyana National Printers Limited, perished at his house in Campbellville, Georgetown after...
Chicken thief dies after chopped by watchman; other thief arrestedPolice are investigating the circumstances under which a chicken thief died after he was chopped by a watchman. Police Headquarters...
