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...
Double-murder: GM, security guard bludgeoned, stabbed to death- policePreliminary investigations by police into the double-murder at a mining camp in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) revealed that the victims appeared...
Linden boy, 6, drowns at Tiger Creek BackdamTravis Dwayne Jacobis called ‘Junior’, a 6-year-old boy of Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden died by drowning on Wednesday at Tiger...
Overseas-based Guyanese strangled, beaten to death- autopsyHemraj Pardesi, called ‘Prem’, the overseas-based Guyanese whose lifeless body was found at his house in Reliance, East Canje, Berbice,...
Gunmen cart off millions in gold from Georgetown propertyPolice were Thursday morning called to 23 Gordon Street, Kitty, Georgetown, where it was reported that armed men stormed the...
Police investigators being deployed to probe double murder in Reg. 7A team of investigators is being dispatched to a mining camp located in a remote Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) area following...
Two charged for robbery with violenceTwo men appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, charged with committing robbery with violence. The duo,...
Man, found hiding in creek, confesses to murder of overseas-based Guyanese over moneyPolice arrested a fifth person Wednesday in connection with the beating to death of overseas-based Guyanese Hemraj Pardesi called Prem’.”...
$150k bail for Linden man accused of rapeKeron Vandregen, 20, of Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden was on Wednesday charged and remanded to prison for raping a child...
Man on bail for forging GRA cheques faces new larceny, forgery chargesTwo former employees of Gafsons Industries Limited, one already charged for forging cheques, were on Wednesday released on $150,000 bail...
Man remanded for armed robbery mere weeks after completing five-year sentenceA man who was recently released from prison after serving five years for larceny was on Wednesday remanded to prison...
Teen used cigarette lighter to burn girlfriend’s 2-Y-O daughterA 19-year-old man was arrested by police on Tuesday following reports that he used a cigarette lighter to burn the...
Overseas-based Guyanese found murdered in yardPolice were summoned to the scene of an alleged murder just before midnight on Tuesday at Reliance, East Canje where...
Woman, 23, dies after being struck down in early morning accidentMalesa Lewis, a 23-year-old woman from La Penitence, Georgetown, was struck down on Homestretch Avenue by a motorcar driven by...
New trafficking bill in the works; includes focus on protecting children- AGAttorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC, has highlighted that a new bill to counter human trafficking...
Boat captains freed of 2013 fatal accidentTwo boat captains were on Tuesday freed of 10 counts of manslaughter in relation to the 2013 fatal boat accident...
Three women robbed at Salon on Emancipation DayThree women who were at the Simone’s Beauty Salon on Joseph Pollydore Street at Lodge, Georgetown were robbed on Sunday....
Mechanic gunned down in SophiaA 21-year-old mechanic of Dennis Street, Campbellville, Georgetown was killed after being shot multiple times Tuesday at about 17:50h, Police...
Linden man who intervened in argument diesLindener Keno Griffith, who was chopped to his head last Monday while intervening in an argument, has died, Police reported....
