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...
Crime Chief not returning to work
Commissioner of Police Leslie James says a decision was taken to have Crime Chief Lyndon Alves remain on administrative leave...
Gov’t to hire int’l organisation to investigate Charrandass Persaud
The Government of Guyana is engaging an international organisation to take over the investigation into allegations of bribery surrounding former...
Another man charged with high seas murder of four Berbice fishermen
Lennox Arleigh Grimmond, a fisherman of Cromarty Farm, Corentyne Berbice, was on Friday charged with the high seas murder of...
Youth with bullet lodged in back charged with attempted murder of fmr. cop
A 22-year-old member of an alleged “mob gang” was remanded to prison on Friday for the attempted murder of former...
Police probe bizarre claim that man on tractor shot himself to chest
Four persons have been arrested as Police investigate the circumstances under which a 46-year-old mechanic was found dead with a...
Electrician charged with cousin’s murder
A 28-year-old electrician was on Thursday charged with the murder of his cousin, Arvin ‘Krishna’ Dipchand of Dutch Four, East...
Two months later, man charged in hit and run accident that left teen dead
Two months after 18-year-old Bariel Hall died from injuries he suffered in a hit-and-run accident along Regent Street and Avenue of...
Missing Corentyne woman found alive
A 27-year-old mother of one who was reported missing on Sunday was found at a relative’s home at Blairmont, West...
Two wanted for piracy/murder of Corentyne fishermen
The Police on Wednesday afternoon issued wanted bulletins for two Corentyne men in connection with the murder of four fishermen....
Rice farmer charged with murder of teen
A 42-year-old rice farmer was charged on Wednesday with the murder of 14-year-old Christopher Basdeo whose decomposed body was found...
Corentyne family desperately searching for young mother missing since Sunday
A 27-year-old mother of one left her home in No. 36 Village, Corentyne Berbice to visit a mandir on Sunday...
Two charged with murder of four fishermen
Thirty-year-old Narine Dhanraj and 22-year-old Suresh Sundat, both fishermen of Belvedere Squatting Area in East Berbice, Corentyne, appeared at the...
Police make major breakthrough in murder of four fishermen
Two men have confessed to their involvement in the deadly piracy attack which claimed the lives of four young fishermen...
Fmr. MMC security guard gets 12 years jail for killing father of four
Kevin Stephens, a former MMC security guard was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for the fatal shooting of...
18 years jail for father of five who raped girl
A father of five was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall for raping a girl...
Port Mourant fire leaves seven homeless
A family of seven is currently homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their two-storey house in Miss Phoebe,...
Doctor, mother of two among eight charged in connection with murder of gold miner
In the presence of a packed courtroom, eight persons appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan charged in connection with the...
Teen charged with murder of Soldier
A 17-year-old boy of Tucville Squatting Area, Georgetown was remanded to the Juvenile Holding Centre Tuesday until November 18 after...
