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...
65-year-old man found dead at Mon Repos
Police are investigating the death of a 65-year-old man whose body was found at Third Street, Mon Repos Pasture, East...
Suspected trafficked women, children in protective care; perpetrators in custody
Suspected victims and survivors of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) are never placed in police custody, the Ministry of Human Services...
Youth killed in accident on No. 8 public road
Twenty-one-year-old Shemar Nurse of Number 8 Village, West Coast Berbice was Friday night killed in an accident while riding his...
Berbice mother of 3 stabbed to death by husband
Police have arrested a 32-year-old man who reportedly stabbed his wife to death just before midnight on Friday at their...
‘Jinga Harry’ allegedly shoots at GRA officers, police again
Already facing charges for having in his possession components of a firearm when he is not a licensed firearm holder...
Venezuelan women, children detained in raid at Parika guest house, hotel
Thirty-five Venezuelan women and two children are among 49 persons detained by the police in a human trafficking operation conducted...
24 female foreign nationals detained during raid at Baroombar
Police last month detained 24 female foreign nationals who were discovered at the popular city strip club, Baroombar, on Robb...
5 arrested in suspected human smuggling racket involving Haitians
Police have arrested five persons in connection with a suspected human smuggling and trafficking in person racket following the discovery...
Lusignan Prison Officers in custody following marijuana find
Two prison officers attached to the Lusignan Prison, on the East Coast of Demerara, are under close arrest after their...
Pres. Ali says investigators must be given latitude, time to solve Berbice murders
President Irfaan Ali is confident that investigators will be able to solve the gruesome murders of Berbice teens, Isaiah Henry,...
CANU opens fresh probe into German drug bust
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has launched a new investigation into the huge cocaine bust found in a shipment of...
Death of baby: Post mortem rules out sexual abuse but father remains in custody
A post mortem examination was conducted on the four-day-old baby who died at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Monday and...
Belgian drug bust: Two GRA officers remain in custody
As local investigators continue to look for answers in relation to the 11.5 tonnes of cocaine found in a container...
Essequibo teen stabbed to death by married man she rejected
A Richmond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast teenager was stabbed to death in her home on Wednesday at about 09:00h by...
70 years jail for ‘Deportee’ who killed Parika businessman
Forty-Four-year-old Curt Thomas was on Wednesday sentenced to 70 years imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 40 years...
Father of four dies after crashing into parked truck
Popular sports personality 38-year-old Sherwin Murray called ‘Chest’ lost his life in a vehicular accident on Tuesday night. The father...
Parents in custody for death of 4-day old baby girl
Police have arrested a Grove, East Bank Demerara couple in connection with the death of their four-day baby girl, who...
Six Guyanese jailed in Venezuela beg for help
By Bibi Khatoon Six Guyanese men, who are imprisoned in Venezuela since August 2019, are pleading for assistance from local...
