Four fishermen are safely back with their families after their vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday afternoon following turbulent conditions at sea. The rescue operation was coordinated by Chairman of the Rosignol Fisherman’s Co-op Society Ltd, Hardat Malchan, along with Commander David Shamsudeen and ranks of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard. According […]
Almost a year after local social media star Daniel Wharton aka “Baby Skello” was charged for blasphemous libel, he walked out of the Diamond Magistrates’ Court as a free man after the charge against him was dismissed. In June 2025, Wharton was charged and remanded to prison over a song that he sang on his […]
A male from the Upper Berbice River was on Thursday sentenced to a term of 18 years of imprisonment for the murder of his friend. Maxton Walker, a tractor operator residing in Hururu Mission, appeared before Justice Simone Morris at the Berbice High Court. It is alleged that on March 18, 2024, at 7 Mile, […]
Magistrate Michelle Matthias on Friday refused bail in the manslaughter charge against a man who fatally stabbed a hire car driver. Frank McAllister, 21, of Heat Burn Village, East Bank Berbice, appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court. The court heard that on May 12, 2026, at Edinburgh Village, East Bank, McAllister unlawfully murdered Oswain Lawson. […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has introduced mandatory body cameras for frontline Customs officers operating at airports, wharves, transit sheds and during law enforcement exercises. In a notice issued Friday, the GRA said all Customs officers working in frontline operations will now be required to wear body cameras while carrying out their official duties. The move […]
A construction worker was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday for the deadly stabbing of his friend. Andrew Seegobin, 32, from Johns, Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice, was charged and taken into custody for the murder of Ramanand Mingo, which took place on November 19, 2023, at the Superbet shop in Johns, Port Mourant, […]
A man from Berbice was remanded to prison on Friday, May 15, 2026 after being charged with the possession of narcotics discovered in a minibus. Carlos Chung, aged 30, a cash crop farmer residing at Lot 239 Ithaca Village, West Bank Berbice, and also at Lot 50 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Shivani […]
The Guyana Prison Service is seeking the public’s assistance to recapture an inmate who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Monday. The escapee is Adrian Damder, whose last known address is 44 Graham Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara. According to the Prison Service, Damder is incarcerated for threatening language. Authorities are urging anyone with […]
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 […]
