Sat, Jul 18, 2026
Sat, Jul 18, 2026
crime
Contractors who shortchanged road construction granted $150k bailTwo men were Monday released on G$150,000 bail for fraudulently obtaining over G$1.1M by inflating the number of truckloads of…
Man, 18, crushed to death by reversing lorry in BerbiceAn 18-year-old man was on Monday crushed to death by a reversing lorry in the compound of Hack Rice Mill,…
No bail for tout who murdered conductor at minibus parkA 27-year-old minibus tout was on Monday remanded to prison for the murder of 30-year-old Morven Nurse, who was fatally…
Region One Commander urges ranks to be proactive in fight against crimeRegion One Commander, Superintendent Boodnarine Persaud, has called on police officers there to be more proactive, and to work with…
Body of GDF rank recovered from Essequibo RiverThe body of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank, Junior Kenroy Sooklall was on Sunday recovered in the Essequibo river after…
Tushen man nabbed with more than $100M in cocaineRyan Da Silva was on Saturday taken into police custody after ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) caught…
Speeding car crashes into parked lorry; one dead, others injuredOne person is now dead and several others injured after a speeding car crashed into a parked lorry on the…
Families of those killed in smash-up shockedThe families of the six persons who were killed in an early morning West Coast Berbice crash are reeling from…
Three survive fiery Berbice accident; drivers were speeding - policeOnly three persons survived the horrific three-vehicle accident on the Ross Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB) that claimed the…
Bandits terrorise Festival City familyThree women, ages 44, 22, 15, have been left traumatised after five bandits held them at gunpoint and ransacked their…
Soldiers rescue 5 from sinking boat; one GDF rank feared deadTwenty-four-year-old Junior Kenroy Sooklall, a private soldier in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is feared dead after the boat he…
Six dead in horrific Berbice accidentSix persons died in the wee hours Saturday following an accident at Ross Village, West Coast Berbice in Region Five.…
15 years jail for ‘Rasta Beans’ who admitted to shooting death of pork-knockerDein Evans called ‘Rasta Beans’ was on Friday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for fatally shooting a 24-year-old pork-knocker in…
Nurse remanded for allegedly breaking into home of ex-lover, stealing gold & other valuablesA 24-year-old nurse was on Friday remanded to prison for allegedly breaking into the house of her ex-lover and stealing…
Embattled PS granted bail on corruption chargeThe embattled Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry, Sharon Hicks was on Friday released on $100,000 bail for…
8 years jail for man who killed ‘peacemaker’Dionysius Macido called “Niggi” of Tiger Creek was on Friday sentenced to eight years imprisonment for fatally stabbing a man,…
Fire destroys Tuschen workshop, damages animal shelterForty-two-year-old Navindra Persaud is counting his losses after a fire completely destroyed his wooden workshop at Old Road, Tuschen, East…
Businessman tells court has no memory of killing cousin; jailed for 7 yearsA 33-year-old businessman was on Friday sentenced to seven years imprisonment for killing his 19-year-old cousin, Dave Boyal with an…
