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...
Man, 24, found dead in Sophia yard
Keon McPherson, a 24-year-old man of Lot 687 ‘D’ Field Sophia, Georgetown was found dead on Sunday. An unknown woman...
Man, 23, nabbed with ganja, meth
A 23-year-old male shopkeeper from Friendship, on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), was arrested for trafficking in narcotics after...
Man who confesses to killing stepfather jailed for 10 years
A man who confessed to killing his step-father during a drinking spree in 2016 at the family’s Bloomfield, Corentyne home...
Fishermen burnt after boat goes up in flames while cooking
Two fishermen, 42-year-old Phillip Edmonds and 29-year-old Derrick Balmickery received minor burns after a gas bottle exploded causing the cabin...
Policeman faces three charges after swindling woman claiming he could get someone released from prison
Omale Damon, a serving member of the Guyana Police Force, was on Friday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann...
Bicycles, motorcycles hauled in during Police clamp down
Police have found that motorcyclists and pedal cyclists are the main causes of road accidents and road fatalities for the...
32 % decrease in road deaths
The Guyana Police Force Traffic Headquarters as of August 10, 2021 recorded a 32 per cent decrease in fatal accidents....
Taxi driver stabbed over claims he was having an affair with man’s wife
A 36-year-old hire car driver was on Thursday stabbed several times by a man who claimed he was having an...
Pensioner who lived alone found dead in bedroom
A 75-year-old woman who lived alone at James Street, Rampoor Springlands, Corriverton Berbice was on Thursday found dead in her...
Five detained after body of missing fisherman found
Three men and two women have been arrested after the body of a missing fisherman was found on Thursday. Police...
Yuri, wife falsified positive ‘COVID’ results – Police
Cuban National Yuri Garcia and his Guyanese wife Ateeka Ishmael have been accused by the Guyana Police Force of falsifying...
Police name getaway driver, two accomplices in Gordon Street gold heist
Police on Thursday issued wanted bulletins for three additional persons linked to the daring robbery committed on Wallison Enterprise, Gordon...
267 Guyanese deported from U.S.A in 2018, 2019
A new Migration Governance Needs Assessment Report on Guyana, released by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), points out that...
High Court trial set to begin in murder of schoolteacher Kescia Branche
Fifty-one-year–old Matthew Munroe has pleaded not guilty to the 2017 brutal murder of 22-year-old Secondary School Teacher Kescia Branche. Branche,...
Police finds getaway car used in multi-million gold heist
Investigators have discovered the getaway car which was used in the multi-million-dollar gold heist at Wallison Enterprise at Gordon Street,...
Brazilian man executed in vehicle; unidentified passenger in critical condition
Euclid Da Silva, also known as Euclides Erian Da Silva, was executed while sitting in a black Tacoma motor vehicle...
Linden labourer chopped for allegedly stealing cannabis
Police are on the hunt for three men who chopped a Linden labourer about his body after accusing him of...
Driver shot while being robbed by bicycle bandit
A 59-year-old taxi driver is now nursing a gunshot wound to his abdomen after being robbed by an armed bicycle...
