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...
UPDATE: Pensioners’ house goes up in flames
By Devina Samaroo A man, who lost his son two years ago after he was shot dead, is now suffering...
41 foreign nationals detained in police raid
A police raid on a popular nightclub in the city today resulted in the discovery of drugs and the detention...
Bar owner jailed for trafficking teenager
Jagetram Hariram, a Bar Owner on the East Coast of Demerara, was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Thursday, January...
Fire guts East La Penitence house
A fire this afternoon erupted in a house at Morcut Square, East La Penitence, Georgetown occupied by a man, his...
9-Y-0 critical following Corentyne accident
A nine-year-old girl is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after she was struck down on the...
Man fit to stand trial for murdering 18-month old niece
After facing the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for almost four months for the murder of his 18-month-old niece over a pair...
Sophia man jailed for killing Pensioner in Brickdam accident
A 35-year-old grass-cutter was on Thursday, January 4, 2018, sentenced to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to...
GRA seizes more than 1,000 boxes of smuggled chicken
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday, 04 January 2018 seized a forty-foot container containing some one thousand boxes of...
SWAT Boss: More than just a Whiskey scandal
By Leroy Smith Deputy Superintendent Motie Dookie, who was removed from the SWAT unit this week, is an officer who...
Fmr. Gov’t employees charged with forging scrap metal licenses
Two former employees of the Ministry of Business on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, accused...
GDF rank, husband busted with illegal gun, ammo
The police have arrested a 34-year-old female member of the Guyana Defence Force and her 32-year-old husband, who is a...
Female cop reportedly tried to ‘settle’ rape case against colleagues
A female police rank attached to the Police ‘C’ Division is being accused of attempting to mediate and settle a...
Corentyne man reportedly beaten to death, suspect arrested
By Royan Abrams The police in Berbice have arrested a man in connection with the death of a fisherman, whose...
New SWAT Boss identified, Dookie transferred
By Leroy Smith The Guyana Police Force has installed Assistant Superintendent, Amit Dass as the head of the Special Weapons...
23-Y-0 robbed at gunpoint in West Ruimveldt
Police are on the hunt for two men, who allegedly robbed 23-year-old Ray Jaundoo of two gold chains valued at...
Vendor robbed of gold chain, diamond ring on America Street
A vendor who was preparing to head home was attacked and robbed of his gold chain valued at $135,000; a...
Eyewitness to alleged rape at City Hall wants justice
By Bibi Khatoon Corporal Quacuy Baveghens, the eyewitness in the City Hall sex scandal, in which a City Constable was...
Teacher robbed at gunpoint of $1.2M in Alberttown
A teacher who withdrew $1.2M from Citizens Bank today was confronted by armed men outside her Third Street Alberttown, Georgetown...
