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...
Boy, 16, seriously injured in hit and run accidentA hit and run accident along the Mon Repos Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Saturday night, has left a...
Patients escape, others injured during fire at Psychiatric HospitalA fight that broke out between three male patients at the National Psychiatric Hospital in Canje, Berbice on Saturday night,...
Police Force beefs up security around gold trading businessesPolice headquarters on Friday said it is beefing up security around gold trading businesses given recent robberies. “There have been...
Cop, businessman robbed by gun-toting banditA man has been taken into police custody after he executed a daring robbery on a businessman and cop, who...
‘Devil’ jailed for 18 years for barbaric rape of girl, 13Thirty-three-year-old Damon Assanah, known as ‘Devil’, was on Thursday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for the rape of a 13-year-old...
CANU stakeout leads to seizure of over $10M in ganja reportedly bound for SurinameRanks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) have seized over 170lbs of ganja with a street value of over $10...
Man charged, released on bail over attempts to ‘embarrass, humiliate’ Sport MinisterInitially arrested in April 2021 for causing “emotional distress” to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,...
Kaneville man chopped, beaten by bandits during home invasionFive bandits, armed with cutlasses and a gun, broke into the house of a Kaneville, East Bank Demerara man and...
‘Known character’ found with improvised Allion key after caught breaking into carA 40-year-old man was on Wednesday remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, for allegedly breaking into a...
Four years jail for teen who killed boy, 17A 19-year-old labourer was on Wednesday sentenced to four years imprisonment for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Clive Osborne during a fight...
Woman busted with ‘ganja’ stuffed in frozen chicken granted bailForty-year-old Jeanette Gravesande, a businesswoman of Plantation Best, West Coast Demerara, who was found with cannabis stuffed inside frozen chickens,...
7 hospitalised after speeding driver swerves from cows, crashes into trenchSeven persons are now hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital in Region Six nursing various injuries after the car...
Brazilian miner missing for days found dead in Mazaruni RiverA 37-year-old Brazillian gold miner, identified by the police as Allesandro Foss, was on Tuesday fished out of the Middle...
Teenager caught after allegedly robbing taxi driver, accomplice in hidingAn 18-year-old male was caught by residents Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Tuesday night after he and his...
Sexual advances by prisoner result in prison fight An inmate of the New Amsterdam Prison in Berbice, who reportedly made sexual advances to another, was seriously injured in...
Businessman allegedly robbed of $1.2M in cash nearby Parika Police StationA 44-year-old businessman has reported that he was robbed of $1.27 million in cash while he was at the Parika...
High winds, heavy rainfall uproot tree which collapsed and killed gold miner; two others injuredHeavy rainfall, coupled with high winds, uprooted a tree, which collapsed on three gold miners, working in a mining pit...
Marcus Bisram to face another trial in murder of Berbice carpenterGuyanese-American businessman Marcus Bisram is expected to turn himself over to the police to stand trial for the 2016 murder...
