Dec 19, 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
Bail denied for men charged with child rape
Two men were denied bail when they appeared at the Albion Magistrates’ Court in East Berbice, Corentyne, on Friday, in connection with the alleged rape…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
Deadly Berbice accident: Seline died from multiple skull fractures, several injured discharged
Sixteen-year-old Jodea Seline died from multiple skull fractures from a motor vehicle accident, a post-mortem examination confirmed on Monday. The teen died in fatal minibus…
Man killed in family dispute; suspect on the run
Ray Sheoraj, 36, was killed late Monday during an altercation with a male relative at their home in Supply, Mahaica, police said on Tuesday. Sheoraj,…
Two injured in drive-by shooting at Amelia’s Ward
Two men were injured on Sunday night in a drive-by shooting at Lover’s Lane, Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden. The incident occurred around 22:30 hrs and…
Taxi Driver sentenced to life for 2018 murder of Canadian executive
A 26-year-old taxi driver who confessed to killing Canadian national Neil Whyte during a violent encounter in Georgetown has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with…
Linden man sentenced to 24 years for setting fire that killed sister and niece
A Linden man who set his family’s home on fire in 2023, killing his sister and 12-year-old niece, has been sentenced to 24 years in…
Man who fatally stabbed woman 17 times gets 22 years’ imprisonment
Nearly five years after the fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Vanessa Benjamin, a mother of two, the High Court in Berbice has sentenced 29-year-old Jamal Angus…
Police report sharp drop in robberies, steep rise in cybercrime
Robberies fell sharply this year even as cybercrime surged, the Police Force said on Friday, outlining crime trends ahead of the holiday security period. Crime…