A woman has been arrested in connection with her alleged desire to see Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali assassinated, Head of the Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Police Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said Monday. “The president needs to be assassinated,” she said when asked by an unseen and unidentified person to repeat what she said. In the same video on the ...
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Guyana govt’s petroleum website hacked apparently by Venezuelans
The Guyana government’s petroleum website was hacked and replaced with a Venezuelan map that includes Guyana’s Essequibo Region, shortly after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) dismissed Caracas’ position that Britain is an indispensable party to the case. Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat confirmed that petroleum.gov.gy was hacked and said the incident was being addressed by the National Data ...
Read More »Ogunseye says refusing to cooperate with police
Just out of police lockups on a charge of racial hostility, Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member Tacuma Ogunseye on Monday said he has not been questioned by police about other offences and vowed to continue refusing to cooperate with police. Shortly after GY$100,000 bail was posted for him at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, the veteran political activist said investigators ...
Read More »Ogunseye granted bail on racial hostility charge
Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye was Monday morning granted GY$100,000 bail on one count of attempting to excite racial hostility. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes said Mr Ogunseye pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail. The prosecution opposed bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the offence, the penalty is significant and there are ongoing investigations. But ...
Read More »WPA’s Ogunseye surrenders, taken to Brickdam in shackles
Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye on Friday surrendered to police and was immediately cited for breaching Guyana’s Racial Hostility Act. Except for a few WPA executive members, no members of the public, known People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) members or civil society activists were present outside the police department when he surrendered. The PNCR has not said ...
Read More »WPA hints at Ogunseye surrendering to police; warns “political prisoner” status has consequences
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Thursday stopped short of saying outright that its executive member Tacuma Ogunseye would surrender to police who want him in connection with several offences including exciting racial hostility earlier this month. “He is not going to go into hiding and he is not going to roll over and die… He is ready to go ...
Read More »Update: Guyana Police Force’s main Facebook page recovered
The Guyana Police Force’s Facebook page has been recovered, almost one day after it was hacked and removed, according to a well-placed source. The Police Force’s Public Relations Unit did not release any information about the disappearance and reappearance of the page which has almost 83,000 followers. That Social Media platform for the country’s major civilian law enforcement agency disappeared ...
Read More »Americans in Guyana put on alert amid threats to US interests
The American Embassy in Guyana on Wednesday said it has tightened security and put Americans here on alert because of threats that have been issued. “Out of an abundance of caution, we want to inform U.S. citizens that the embassy has increased security protocols due to receiving threats against U.S. interests,” the embassy here said. A high-ranking Guyanese police officer ...
Read More »Man arrested for allegedly killing grandmother, dumping body in alleyway
A man has been arrested in connection with the suspected killing of his grandmother whose decomposing body was found in a nearby alleyway, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 89-year old Patricia Bovell of Russell Street, Charlestown between Broad and Howes Street. The woman’s decomposing body was found on March 22 in an alleyway after neighbours reported a stench. ...
Read More »US tightening Guyana’s cybersecurity; recommends signing of international convention
Even as the United States’ Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) prepares to teach the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) how to stave off cyber attacks, the American government has recommended that this South American nation signs one of two conventions on cybersecurity, the US Embassy here said Monday. “In addition to the visit by DOJ (Department of Justice), the U.S. Southern Command and ...
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