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...
Female constable injured in Cove and John accidentA 44-year-old Woman Special Constable is nursing injuries about her body at the Georgetown Public Hospital after the motorcycle she...
6.8% decrease in serious crime; junior police ranks promotedSee below the New Year’s message by Commissioner of Police (ag) Mr. Nigel Hoppie, DSM and the Promotion list of...
Guyanese fisherman killed in SurinameA twenty-year-old Guyanese fisherman was killed after he intervened in a fight to save his friend in Suriname. He has...
Fire leaves Berbice family of seven homelessA family of seven was on Thursday left homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their home just as...
Police promotions on hold as High Court hears complaints of discriminationThe Police Service Commission (PSC) will not be able to go ahead with its annual promotion of police ranks this...
Cuban remanded to prison for murder of partner, daughterA 27-year-old Cuban National was on Thursday remanded to prison for the murders of his 34-year-old spouse, Tara Krishnaran, and...
28-year-old mechanic who killed man on Durban Street charged with manslaughterTwenty-eight-year-old Kester Lewis, the mechanic/ taxi driver who struck down a client just after an argument over the price for...
Police treating disappearance of East Bank man as murder; wanted bulletin issued for tenantPolice believe that an East Bank Demerara man who disappeared mid-November was murdered even though a body has never been...
Taxi driver held at gunpoint, car stolen with passenger insideA 34-year-old taxi driver, Kevin Hope was on Tuesday robbed of his HC 8929 new model white premio car valued...
Update: Man killed in Soesdyke/Highway accident identifiedThe man killed after he was struck down by a motorcar on the Kuru Kururu Public Road on the Soesdyke...
Unidentified man killed in Soesdyke/Linden Highway accidentA so far unidentified man was killed after he was struck down by a motorcar on the Kuru Kururu Public...
Mother, daughter died from ‘blunt trauma to the head’Post Mortem Examinations (PME) conducted on Tuesday found that 34-year-old Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter who were murdered at...
9-year-old struck down on Canal #1 access roadA 9-year-old boy is now hospitalized after he was struck down on the Canal No.1 access road, West Bank Demerara...
65 prisoners released back in November had almost completed sentence – Prisons DirectorMore than a month after the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) released 65 non-violent offenders, the new (acting) Director of Prisons...
Safer hearings, speedier trials as ‘container courts’ launchedIn what is being called historic for the justice system in Guyana, virtual “container courtrooms” were launched on Monday to...
Murder of Berbice boys: Gov’t allows sharing of autopsy reports with forensic expertThe government has agreed for the autopsy reports on the brutal murders of Berbice teens Joel Henry, Isaiah Henry and Haresh Singh...
Belgium drug bust: GRA, CANU know who deleted scanner imagesThousands of deleted scanner images relating to a container of scrap metal, which left Guyana late September for Belgium and...
Drunk driver runs over pedestrian on pavement at LBIA 40-year-old man is currently hospitalized after he struck down by a drunk driver on the La Bonne Intention, East...
