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...
Family of man gunned down on Durban St. says he received death threats
Police are investigating the execution style killing of 25-year-old Rondel Haynes called ‘Trini’ who was gunned down Monday night. His...
Update: Driver of canter suffers heart attack in horrific ECD smash-up
The driver of the canter involved in the horrific early morning accident on the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast...
SBAs for CSEC students destroyed in Chase Academy fire
A fire of unknown origin on Tuesday morning destroyed the administrative building at Chase Academy, Parade Street, Georgetown. The three-storey...
Life imprisonment for ex GDF Captain who killed wife
Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Captain, Orwain Sandy was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole...
Garbage collector killed in horrible East Coast accident
A 45-year-old Garbage Collector employed with Puran Brothers Disposal was on Tuesday morning killed after a canter crashed into him...
Man killed execution style on Durban Street
Police are investigating the execution of an East Ruimveldt, Georgetown man Monday evening. Reports are that he was shot multiple...
Bandit shot dead following robbery in Nandy Park
A bandit identified as 21-year-old Dominic Downer of Walker Terrace, La Penitence, Georgetown was on Sunday night killed during “an...
GDF officer, two others killed in Corentyne accident
Three persons were on Sunday night killed after the motorcar they were travelling in collided with the rear end of...
One dead, four injured in strip club shooting
A young taxi driver is now dead and four others are seriously injured following an early morning shooting at the...
Bandits beat Chinese supermarket owners, escape with large sum of cash
Three men, armed with two guns and a cutlass, stormed the Long Sheng Chinese Supermarket at Ankerville Port Mourant, on...
Police intercept busload of suspected smuggled foreign nationals in Reg.10
Twelve foreign nationals suspected to be Brazilians were intercepted by ranks of the Guyana Police Force in the wee hours...
Little girl battling for life after stabbed several times by mother’s close friend
A five-year-old girl is fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC)...
Woman busted attempting to smuggle drugs stuffed in Tennis Rolls inside NA Prison
A 29-year-old Dispensary Dam, Ankerville, Port Mourant, Berbice woman, is in Police custody after she attempted to smuggle 11 grams...
Venezuelans are the most trafficked in Guyana – TIP data
By Isanella Patoir Data released by the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Unit (C-TIPU) has revealed that Venezuelan nationals are the most...
Essequibo husband, wife badly beaten and robbed by armed bandits
A Perseverance, Essequibo Coast man is in a stable condition at the Suddie Hospital after he and his wife were...
Ex-GDF Captain admits to shooting wife to death
Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Captain, Orwain Sandy has confessed to shooting his reputed wife, Reona Payne to death on...
Lover in custody following death of Goed Fortuin woman
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 32-year-old Romona Inniss, of Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara which occurred...
Nine years jail for Kato resident who chopped friend to death
A 31-year-old miner was on Tuesday sentenced to nine years imprisonment after he confessed to fatally chopping his drinking partner...
