Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2018, 21:10 by Denis Chabrol A tearful and apologetic prisoner on Friday admitted to calling 911 and threatening to kill President David Granger. Aleem Ally was convicted on three counts of threatening language and one count of causing public terror on Nov.19,2017. With teary eyes, he apologised to the police ranks for what he ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2018, 18:05 by Denis Chabrol The 71 year-old Guyanese man, who was arrested last Tuesday  in Grenada after seven pounds of cocaine were discovered under the seat of his motorised wheelchair, pleaded guilty to narcotics trafficking. Haniff Bacchus would be sentenced on May 24. He remains in detention at the Richmond Hill Prison. At ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2018, 17:46 by Denis Chabrol Four foreign-language speaking men, armed with guns, raided a mining camp at Baboon Backdam, Cuyuni River, carting off raw gold and other items. The Guyana Police Force said none of the 28 employees of the mining company was  injured. No one was arrested, police said. Sources said the mining ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2018, 17:19 by Denis Chabrol Police Commissioner, Paul Williams on Friday charged 150 newly-minted members of the Guyana Police Force not to discriminate against anyone including those of different sexual orientation, and they should prepare themselves to treat foreigners properly. “There should be no discrimination as to sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual preferences and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2018, 20:45 by Denis Chabrol One of the handguns that police said they found in possession of one of two bandits, who were shot dead Friday morning,  was hours earlier stolen from a security guard, investigators found out. Police sources said the 9MM pistol was stolen from KGM Security guard, Odinga Wills at about ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 May 2018, 12:33 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is not eager for ExxonMobil to relinquish any of the 60 blocks on the offshore concession that extends to the borders with Venezuela and Suriname, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman. He said the ExxonMobil block should “remain intact” as it had been granted in 1999 because “we believe ...