Dec 17, 2025
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Jury finds trio guilty in 2020 killing of Berbice pensioner
After more than five years, justice moved a step closer for the family of 82-year-old Chandarie Budhoo as a Berbice High Court jury on Tuesday…
Crime
Teen sentenced to two years for break-in and theft
A 19-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to a break-and-enter and larceny charge at the Anna Regina…
Paper committal sought in gas station bombing case as evidence fully disclosed
Prosecutors on Tuesday moved to have the high-profile gas station bombing case determined by paper committal, after confirming that all statements and documentary evidence have…
Onderneeming man gets 58-month prison term for $1M thief
Thirty-year-old Michael Singh of Lot 28 Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, was sentenced to 58 months’ imprisonment after being found guilty of simple larceny on December…
Brazilians, Venezuelan arrested in Iwokrama illegal mining crackdown
Two Brazilian nationals and a Venezuelan were arrested on Wednesday during an enforcement operation against illegal gold mining inside the Iwokrama Protected Area, the Iwokrama…
‘Shoulders’ admits to Home Affairs Ministry burglary, multiple others
Neil Madas, 48, an unemployed man with no fixed address, was on Wednesday charged with five counts of break and enter and larceny allegedly committed…
SOCU cracks major gold-smuggling network: Three arrested; over $130M in cash and gold seized
The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has disrupted what authorities believe to be a major gold-smuggling and money-laundering operation in Bartica, Region Seven, seizing more…
Man arrested in connection with theft at Home Affairs Ministry
Police have arrested a 48-year-old man in connection with a break-and-enter and larceny at the Ministry of Home Affairs on Brickdam, Georgetown, early Monday morning.…
Cuban stabbed to death in La Penitence
Ariel Betancourt Ramiel, a 48-year-old Cuban national, was found dead on Saturday with apparent stab wounds on Middle Road, La Penitence, police said. Ramiel was…
James, Bacchus admit to killing taxi driver, to know fate soon
Two men on Wednesday admitted to killing taxi driver Kenrick Trim during a robbery in 2021, when they appeared before Chief Justice (ag) Navindra Singh…
Gun-wielding constable remanded
A police constable in Guyana’s Region One was on Thursday remanded on a charge of possession of a firearm with intent to injure, after a…
Cannabis found in oats packets at Ogle airport
The Guyana Police Force is investigating the discovery of suspected cannabis concealed in cargo at an Airways facility at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport,…
Ambulance driver fined $1M, sentenced to one year for cybercrime offence
Lorian Toney, 34, an ambulance driver of Tabatinga, Central Rupununi, was on Tuesday fined $1,000,000 and sentenced to one year imprisonment after pleading guilty to…
Police sergeant seriously injured in accident on Lamaha Street
A police sergeant attached to Brickdam Impact Base is hospitalised with a suspected fractured left leg and other injuries following an accident today on Lamaha…
Azruddin and Nazar Mohamed charged in $50M tax evasion and money laundering scheme
A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment on Oct. 2 charging two Guyanese nationals with participating in a multi-year scheme to evade millions…
More than 90 speeding offenders face court, arrest warrants
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) will ask the courts to issue summonses and arrest warrants for more than 90 motorists who failed to pay speeding…