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...
10-Y-0 commits suicide in Bush Lot Village
Raj Mohabir, a 10-year-old of Bush Lot Village, Corentyne Berbice committed suicide Friday afternoon. News Room understands that the former...
Cocaine in fire extinguisher: Timehri man pleads guilty, friends freed
Twenty-eight-year-old Dinesh Dias known as ‘Anil’ of lot 26 Timehri, East Bank Demerara, on Friday pleaded guilty to having 1.8...
51-Y-0 man found guilty of rape, sexual assault of young girl
A 51-year-old man was on Thursday convicted by a 12-member jury for carnal knowledge and three counts of indecent assault...
First Guyanese fugitive extradited to US charged with second degree murder
Troy Thomas, the first fugitive to be extradited from Guyana to the United States was arraigned on Thursday before Queens...
Plan to put cocaine-filled fire extinguisher on a plane thwarted by CANU
Four men were Tuesday evening arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) after the drug enforcement agency found a fire...
Investigation launched into ‘dog fight’ among prisoners at Lusignan
The Guyana Prison Service has launched an investigation into an Easter Monday incident at the Lusignan Prison in which two...
Radio Broadcaster, children homeless after fire destroys house
A fire just after noon on Thursday gutted a one-storey house at Lot 6 Thorn’s Drive Durban Backlands, Georgetown, leaving...
Update: One dead, woman critical after speeding drunk driver crashes into fence
An accident which occurred around 1:00am Thursday at La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara has left 31-year-old Nafeeza Ibrahim in a...
Tuschen man dies in early West Side accident
A car which appeared to be speeding on the West Coast of Demerara early this morning crashed into a fence...
U.S fugitive Troy Thomas extradited
After months of fighting efforts in local courts to block his extradition, U.S. fugitive Troy Anthony Thomas has been extradited...
Children of man struck down during morning walk pleads for help to find suspect
The children of a 64-year-old man killed in a hit and run accident about two months ago while he was...
Man jailed for 12 years after confessing to killing another over old grievance
Mark Creame, 34, who confessed to killing 42-year-old Terrence Henry with a cutlass was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 years...
Farmer who hacked drinking buddy to death jailed for 9 years
Martin Salvador, a 54-year-old farmer was on Wednesday morning sentenced to nine years imprisonment for killing his drinking buddy during...
Pedestrian overpasses vandalized, some parts stolen
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has reported that some components of two pedestrian overpasses on the East Bank of Demerara...
Father of man killed in Lusignan prison threatened that he is ‘next’
The relatives of 30-year-old Shaheed Alli of Barr Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, who was beaten to death by prisoners at the...
3 years jail for illegal gun, ammo
Hazario DeSantos, a 27-year-old miner was sentenced to two years jail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for the illegal possession...
Father of two killed in Berbice hit and run
Stanley Bronne, a 33-year-old father of two, died Tuesday morning after he was struck down by a speeding car on...
Essequibo Sawmill destroyed by fire
A fire of unknown origin which started at approximately 17:30hrs Monday completely destroyed a Sawmill in Spring Garden, Essequibo. Police...
