Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 June 2016, 8:49 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from New York Daily News A 16-year-old girl was shot dead while babysitting her little cousin inside their Brooklyn apartment Tuesday — and now cops are looking for her boyfriend, police sources said. Shemel Mercurius moved four years ago from her native Guyana to the East Flatbush apartment ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 17:03 by Denis Chabrol A mini-bus driver, who allegedly drove through a police road block and was moments later caught with more than 12 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana, was jailed for four years and fined more than GYD$19.5 million. The fine represents three times the street value of the marijuana.   Thirty-five year ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 16:30 by Denis Chabrol Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud has denied going to a strip club in recent years and when he did so was not for entertainment. In also refuting claims that Deputy Superintendent, Denise Griffith Jacobis was blocked from pursuing legal studies in Trinidad, the Commissioner said he never attended a strip club ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 16:05 by Denis Chabrol Residents of Paramakatoi, Region Eight will be launching a project that will allow them to grow, dry, package and market organic tomatoes. This project will be supported by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, through the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) and other partners. “This project will ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 15:56 by Denis Chabrol Five suspected Guyanese pirates, allegedly responsible for the death of four Guyanese fishermen in Suriname, would most likely be charged in Guyana rather than being sent back to that Dutch-speaking country, a senior police officer said Tuesday. “We are actually seeking other advice and we’re looking at the Piracy ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 14:16 by Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) is this weekend expected to decide when Congress- the highest decision making body- would be held, party General Secretary, Clement Rohee said Tuesday. He said the congress is scheduled to be held this year. Rohee said once a decision is taken on Saturday, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 May 2016, 23:46 by Denis Chabrol Even as the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), Clement Rohee prepares to summon one of his party’s parliamentarians, Nigel Dharamlall, to discuss an allegation that he threatened to shoot an official of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), his lawyer issued a denial. “My client unequivocally ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 May 2016, 21:10 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Defence Force and Guyana Geology and Mines Commission  (GGMC) Monday night confirmed that mines officers from the regulatory authority earlier in the day came under fire most likely from Venezuelan soldiers in the Eteringbang area. Commissioner of the GGMC, Newell Dennison said three officers were in a ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 May 2016, 16:45 by Denis Chabrol A parliamentarian for the main opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) has been accused of threatening to shoot an official of the Inter- American Development (IDB) last week. Police said the incident occurred at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara. The parliamentarian, Nigel Dharamlall,  has since been questioned by police, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 May 2016, 14:14 by Denis Chabrol In the latest exchange of words between Top Cop Seelal Persaud and Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, the Minister is denying claims that he ducked applications for police ranks to do overseas training. At a press conference on Monday morning, Rohee laid the blame for officers not receiving ...