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...
Taxi driver jumps intersection, crashes into TSU rank
A Police Constable stationed at Tactical Services Unit (TSU) is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after a...
Taxi driver robbed of car by ‘passengers’ in Mon Repos
A taxi driver was on Thursday robbed of his white Toyota 212 motorcar #HC-336 at Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East...
Wakenaam businessman robbed $1.2M in cigarettes; three arrested
A businessman of Lot 22 Good Success, Wakenaam Island, was on Thursday night robbed of 350 cartons of cigarette valued...
Mingo’s attorney withdraws case asking for his release
Darren Wade, the Attorney for embattled District Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, on Friday withdrew an application for Mingo to...
Suspected mastermind, accomplices in brutal murder of Canadian citizen remanded
The alleged mastermind and two of his accomplices implicated in the gruesome murder of Canadian national 23-year-old Nicholas Ramkissoon Jaipaul...
Mahaica man dies two weeks after brutal beating
Two weeks after he was severely beaten, 42-year-old Romeo Roopnarine of Supply, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara succumbed to his injuries...
Wanted man ‘Top Cat’ shot by Police, arrested for murder of La Penitence youth
Police ranks on Thursday night shot 27-year-old Dwayne ‘Top Cat’ Castello during an exchange of gunfire at Genip Lane, East...
GECOM’s staff in elections flash drive scandal arrested
Information Technology Officer Enrique Livan, who was figured in a flash drive scandal on March 5 at the Ashmin’s Building...
‘Free Yuri!’ – Supporters of alleged Ponzi scheme protest Court
Over 100 persons gathered outside the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court on Thursday protesting for the release of fraud accused 34-year old...
Cuban national, wife in alleged Ponzi scheme slapped with 19 charges, remanded to prison
Thirty-four-year old Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his 32-year-old wife Ateeka Ishmael who allegedly swindled millions of dollars from Guyanese in...
Police Force says Mingo’s rights were not breached, lawyer was unprofessional
The Guyana Police Force is “categorically” denying allegations that the constitutional rights of the embattled Returning Officer of Region Four...
Berbice men found with ganja, stolen phone, laptop
Three men from Port Mourant Corentyne Berbice are in Police custody after they were found with 55 grams of marijuana...
Senior GECOM functionary retains lawyer for Mingo’s assistants
A very senior functionary of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has retained Attorney Eusi Anderson to represent the three assistants...
Embattled Mingo, three assistants remain in Police custody
The Guyana Police Force is continuing its investigations into alleged fraud surrounding the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections...
Fmr. GDF Captain who killed wife appeals life sentence by High Court
Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Captain, Orwain Sandy who was recently sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole...
Guns, ammo found in house occupied by Berbice taxi driver and family
Police on Tuesday seized a number of illegal weapons and ammunition from the home of a 27-year-old hire car driver...
3-Y-0 boy drowns in North West District
Police are investigating the death of three-year-old Keyon Joseph Antonio who reportedly drowned on Tuesday afternoon in a pond not...
Two persons who worked with Mingo also arrested
Two employees of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have been arrested by the Police and are in custody at the...
