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...
15-month-old baby girl dies after experiencing seizurePolice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 15-month-old Sahara La Cruz. According to a police report, the baby...
Inmate escapes Lusignan Prison by jumping fenceThe Guyana Prison Service and Guyana Police Force are on the hunt for a prisoner who escaped from the Lusignan...
‘Chucky,’ indicted for brutal murder of aunt, to face another trial after jury fails to reach verdictKevin Mohan, also known as ‘Chucky’, who was indicted at the Demerara High Court for the brutal murder of his...
Traffic ranks get training to identify cases of Trafficking in PersonsThe Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Counter Trafficking in Persons Unit (C-TIPU), on Tuesday held a training workshop...
Lusignan prison escapee nabbed stealing from Ruby chicken farmPhillip Jhagroo, 48, who escaped from the Lusignan prison in November last year, was on Tuesday morning nabbed by residents...
4-month-old girl dies, teenaged father arrestedPolice have arrested Troy Williams, 18, of Annandale, Essequibo Coast, in connection with the death of his four-month-old baby girl,...
Girl, 19, stabbed to death during argument of ‘who can dance better’Police have arrested Kristophe Stoll, a 20-year-old resident of Swan Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, in connection with the murder of...
Pregnant mother of 7 dies on the way to hospitalPolice are investigating the death of 40-year-old Beverly Bumbury, a mother of seven, who collapsed and died in the wee...
18-Y-0 Venezuelan girl killed in EBD accidentAn accident on the Prospect Public Road, East Bank Demerara on Sunday morning resulted in the death of 18-year-old Nazaretlt...
Belle Vue man attacked, stabbed by girl, 13A 23-year-old labourer is nursing serious injuries at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after he was attacked and stabbed by...
Fishermen robbed by pirates in Waini RiverPolice are investigating the armed robbery of a group of fishermen by six armed pirates which reportedly occurred at Kamwatta,...
Murdered Sophia boy was an aspiring doctor; family recounts tragedyBy Dinica Paul Ten-year-old Anthony Cort, an aspiring doctor, who was gunned down on Thursday by bandits in ‘C’ Field...
Ganja found in bag with slippers at Lusignan prisonA black bulky bag containing five pairs of Adidas slippers, along with parcels containing seeds, stems and leaves, suspected to...
Schoolgirl robbed at gunpoint by bicycle banditsA 16-year-old schoolgirl was robbed at gunpoint of her Samsung cellphone valued at $45,000 by two “identifiable bandits” on a...
Ex Land Commissioner Trevor Benn released on $200k bailFormer Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC), Trevor Benn, was on Friday released on $200,000 bail after...
Gov’t, Opposition reps visit family of murdered Sophia boy Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud visited with the family of 10-year-old Anthony Cort who was...
Boy, 10, shot dead by bandits during robbery at SophiaAn 10-year-old boy, who was identified as Anthony Cort, was shot dead on Thursday during a robbery at Sophia, Greater...
Duo remanded for cocaine found in salted fishTwo men were on Thursday remanded to prison for attempting to smuggle over seven pounds of cocaine to Miami, USA,...
