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...
Woman charged with arson of White Castle Fish Shop
A 30-year-old woman, who set allegedly set fire to the White Castle Fish Shop on John and Hadfield Streets, which...
Prolonged agony for families of missing fishermen
By Neil Marks In the Surinamese capital Paramaribo, Guyanese Nandranie Sookra, like 14 other families, wishes for some closure. Her...
Man caught with 60lbs ‘ganja’ remanded
A 60-year-old Labourer was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan for allegedly trafficking almost 60 pounds...
15-Y-O told Police ‘Fineman Gang’ killed Lindo Creek miners
By Devina Samaroo A 15-year-old boy told the Guyana Police Force a decade ago that he was at the scene...
Hadfield St. fire victims seek help
A family of eleven is considering their next move after a fire, which is suspected to be electrical in origin,...
GRA seizes vessel with foreign chicken, mosquito coils
A sting operation by the Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), intercepted a vessel...
Fire guts Hadfield Street home
Approximately eleven persons are said to be homeless after a fire completely destroyed a two-storey wooden house at 69 Hadfield...
Labourer busted with Cannabis in freezer
A 60-year-old labourer was this morning arrested by ranks of the Guyana Police Force Narcotics Branch after five taped parcels...
Miners killed because they were assumed to be GDF informants
By Devina Samaroo The Lindo Creek miners were killed either in the execution of a robbery or because they were...
Man jailed for beating wife with rolling pin
A 43-year-old miner was on Monday sentenced to serve 18 months imprisonment for beating his reputed wife with a rolling...
Boutique owner remanded on drug trafficking charge
A 42-year-old businessman was on Monday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan on a drug trafficking charge. Gavin...
Businessman charged with vigilante killing of Campbellville youth
A 59-year-old East Bank Demerara businessman was on Monday charged with the murder of 26-year-old Seon Clarke of Campbellville, Georgetown,...
Man who allegedly killed suspected bandit charged with manslaughter
Days after 56-year-old Peter Jansen allegedly stabbed and killed a suspected bandit who tried to steal his caged bird, he...
Jagdeo calls massacre of Guyanese fishermen an act of ‘terrorism’
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has described the high-seas massacre of over a dozen Guyanese fishermen off the coast of Suriname...
‘Crackhead’ arrested in deadly pirate attack
Police have arrested the main suspect in the “massacre” of 15 Guyanese fishermen off the coast of Suriname just over...
Man kills brother in NWD, goes into hiding
The police in ‘F’ Division are hunting for a man who allegedly murdered his 34-year-old brother on Saturday. Police said...
Security Guard killed in East Bank accident
Garfield McPherson, a 47-year-old Security Guard of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara was this morning killed after the car in...
More misery for pirate attack survivor as wife dies
The reputed wife of one of the men who survived the gruesome pirate attack off the coast of Suriname has...
