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...
Post Mortem finds Security Guard died from fall
A post mortem examination on Wednesday revealed that the 60-year-old Keegan Boston who was found dead at his workplace Sunday,...
Police yet to arrest suspects in attack on SASOD’s Joel Simpson
The Police are yet to arrest any of the suspects who attacked gay rights activist Joel Simpson last weekend. Police...
Woman admits to strangling 8-Y-0 son with bed sheet
Thirty-one-year-old Sonya King on Tuesday admitted before Justice Navindra Singh to killing her eight-year-old son in 2016 by suffocating him...
Deadly Agricola accident: Babysitter undergoing therapy
Simone Barry, the babysitter who was with 7-year-old Ciara Benjamin when she was killed in an accident on June 1...
Regma student died from blunt trauma to head
The 10-year-old Linden girl June Alexander died as a result of blunt trauma to head which caused the malformation of...
Popular taxi driver found dead, car submerged
The community of Adventure and Nurney was thrown into a state of mourning after a well-known taxi driver /carpenter was...
Lodge resident jailed for stealing gas bottle from neighbour
A 57-year-old garbage collector was on Monday sentenced to one-year imprisonment for breaking into a woman’s home and stealing a...
Guyanese man busted at JFK smuggling Finches for bird-singing competitions
(New York Post) A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he...
Mayor’s Office broken into, ‘important files’ stolen
Police are investigating a theft at the office of Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine. The perpetrator (s) stole a file containing...
Shaquille Grant walks free in murder of Sophia bread vendor
Shaquille Grant, who was in prison for the past two years, walked out of the Demerara High Court a free...
Chaos at Magistrate’s Court as men escape Police vehicle
Chaos broke out in front of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday afternoon as Police discharged several rounds in the...
Suspect arrested in Corentyne fatal stabbing
Berbice Police have arrested the man who allegedly stabbed a 25- year-old man on Sunday night. The deceased has been...
Security cameras no help in probe into death of security guard
Security cameras at Cummings Electrical Company have not been functioning, and so they are no help in determining if there...
60-Y-0 Security Guard found dead at work place
Police are investigating the death of 60-year-old Keegan Boston who was found dead with a wound to the back of...
20-year-old motorcyclist killed in Essequibo accident
By Isanella Patoir Twenty-year-old Kishan Sankar died mere minutes after leaving his Richmond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast home Saturday night...
Gay rights activist Joel Simpson attacked at club, beaten by six men at Bourda market
An alleged homophobic attack has left the Managing Director of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), Joel Simpson nursing...
‘Mad’ man beaten, chopped left to die
A man people refer to as being “mad” was on Wednesday badly beaten, chopped and left to die. The incident...
Man killed in gruesome accident identified
The News Room understands that the motorcyclist involved in the gruesome accident on Vlissengen Road, has been identified as Mark...
