The Guyana Police Force is ramping up efforts to modernise policing, with recruits now undergoing specialised training on the use of body cameras and computer literacy as the force pushes deeper into technology-driven law enforcement. Chief Instructor at the Police Force Academy, Inspector Kareem Hoosein said recruits are being trained to sharpen their skills in […]
Magistrate Shivani Lalaram denied bail on Friday for a man accused of breaking into a boutique at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice and stealing several items. Jai Chamanlall, 30, of Bath Experiment, West Coast Berbice, appeared at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court where it was alleged that between Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, 2026, […]
Nineteen-year-old Joel Darrel from Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) was on Tuesday slapped with 15 traffic-related charges when he appeared before Magistrate Omadatt Chandan at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court. Police stated that on Friday, April 24, 2026, along the Tabatinga Public Road, Lethem, Central Rupununi, the teen was driving without being the holder of […]
Kaieteur News Reported : The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday issued wanted bulletins for four men in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Dainier Vegas Infante, a Cuban national who was shot dead at a Queenstown, Georgetown bar on Sunday. The four men have been identified as Baraka Haraohn Bayneuzzi Garnett, 20; Mikhail Mario Joseph, […]
News Source Guyana Reported : A report by the United Nations Development Programme has found that Guyana has recorded one of the highest numbers of brain drain in Latin America and the Caribbean, topping the South American region with an 8.2 of a score of 10. The finding means that Guyana continues to lose almost […]
news Source Guyana Reported : A 54-year-old Linden resident, Lester Baker, who was the driver of a minibus that was involved in a fatal accident along the Toka Trail in North Rupununi has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The accident occurred on the night of May 11, resulting in the death of […]
The City Council has been ordered to remove all of the vendors outside of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation by May 31, 2026. In a High Court ruling, the City Council was told to remove all vendors and any encumbrances outside the perimeter of the hospital on: Lamaha Street between Thomas and East Street; East […]
A welder from Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a girl. Robert Campbell, 37, appeared before Justice Simone Morris at the Berbice High Court. The charges state that on April 30, 2020, Campbell committed a sexual act against a 12-year-old girl in Berbice. He pleaded not guilty, but […]
A postmortem examination has confirmed that Berbice driver Oswain Lawson died from multiple stab wounds, which resulted in excessive bleeding and lung damage. A postmortem examination conducted on Wednesday by Government Pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan revealed that Lawson died from multiple incised stab wounds resulting in serious blood loss and the collapse of his lungs. […]
Police are investigating the discovery of a quantity of suspected cocaine found on Tuesday during an operation conducted at Onderneeming Sand Pit Junction, Essequibo Coast. According to reports, around 17:40 hours, ranks were carrying out an exercise when they stopped a motor car travelling north along the Essequibo Coast Public Road, which subsequently turned onto […]
News Room Guyana Reported : Police are investigating a robbery under arms that occurred on Tuesday around 21:30 hours at Lamaha Street, Georgetown, involving a 30-year-old delivery driver from Prosperity, Mocha, East Bank Demerara. Preliminary investigations indicate that the victim was riding his motorcycle westbound along Lamaha Street when he observed two motorcycles carrying four […]
News Room Guyana Reported : A 32-year-old businessman from Campbellville, Georgetown, is recovering in hospital after being shot during a gun attack on Dowding Street, Kitty, on Tuesday morning. Police said the incident occurred at about 11:45 hours when the victim and another man were travelling in a motor car and were approached by two […]
With heavy rainfall expected over the next few days and with a possible extension of the rainy season, President Irfaan Ali has assured that all systems are in place to minimize flooding in and around the city, as well as other vulnerable areas. The President, along with Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, and Minister of Culture, […]
The Government is aggressively recruiting health workers from around the world to meet the demand for the local Health Sector, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has stated. In an interview with reporters on Monday, the Vice President admitted that the Government is “struggling” to grapple with the shortage of healthcare workers in the country, even as […]
A Guyana Defence Force Staff Sergeant who was jointly charged after more than 150 pounds of marijuana which was allegedly discovered in a military vehicle on the East Bank of Demerara has been acquitted after a magistrate ruled that the prosecution failed to prove the case against him. Staff Sergeant Adisa Higgins was on Monday […]
Inews Guyana Reports : Police are investigating a regional councillor for We Invest in Nationhood after a 20-year-old man allegedly suffered a broken hand during an incident at the councillor’s Black Bush Polder home on Saturday night, just days after the councillor was granted bail in a separate matter involving the alleged injury of five […]
Hantavirus recently struck a European cruise vessel, infecting several individuals with three confirmed deaths. While there have been many concerns about the spread of this rare infection spread by rodents, Caribbean officials say the risk in this region remains low. Head of the Caribbean Public Health Agency, Dr. Lisa Indar, says the rodent species that […]
Foreign nationals have been caught attempting to use fake passports in Guyana, with recent cases involving a Trinidadian and a Chinese national, according to Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Stephen Telford. Speaking to the News Room during a recent interview, Telford confirmed that the individuals were detected after presenting fraudulent passports during immigration-related processes. “We have […]
News Room Reports : A taxi driver passed away early Tuesday morning after being stabbed multiple times and then crashing. The deceased has been identified as Oswain Lawson, a 42-year-old resident of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice. The News Room understands that Lawson had an argument with a 21-year-old man at a shop located on the […]
A 29-year-old vendor of Charity Back Street, Essequibo Coast, was fined and ordered to complete community service after pleading guilty to a drug trafficking charge at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court. Von Tobin was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, contrary to Section 5 (1) (a) (i) of the Narcotic Drugs […]
