GUYANA · SECURITY
Key Facts
- Who Natasha Singh, a member of parliament (MP) for We Invest in Nationhood, the main opposition party.
- What happened Police searched her home on Friday 13 November 2026 and questioned her at headquarters.
- Status She was released, and no report says she was charged.
- The attack Guyana Power and Light (GPL), the state-owned power utility, reported a firebomb at its Good Hope substation.
- Power Index
Police in Guyana searched the home of opposition member of parliament Natasha Singh on the evening of Friday 13 November 2026 and questioned her about an attack on a power substation. Demerara Waves, a Guyanese news site, reported that day, quoting police, that she was questioned and subsequently released, and no report says she was charged.
The case matters abroad because it involves the security of a national power grid and the treatment of an opposition lawmaker. Our earlier report covered how police were hunting three people after the grid attack.
What We Know
Singh is a member of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), the main opposition party, and police searched her home between 17:00 and 17:45, Kaieteur News, a Guyanese daily, reported on 14 November 2026. Demerara Waves reported on 13 November 2026, quoting police, that she was escorted to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force, where she was questioned and subsequently released.
Demerara Waves reported on 13 November 2026 that police confirmed she is being investigated over the alleged firebombing of the Good Hope substation of Guyana Power and Light (GPL), the state-owned power utility. The same report says the warrant covered devices “that can access the Internet” and cited the offence of terrorism.
Fellow parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul, who was present, told Demerara Waves on 13 November 2026 that police took four computers, seven cellphones and flash drives. Kaieteur News lists more items on 14 November 2026, so we describe the haul as computers, cellphones and flash drives and other devices.
Kaieteur News reported on 14 November 2026 that Singh said officers told her they were looking for “instruments that lead to terrorism”. Demerara Waves reported on 13 November 2026 that Roysdale Forde advised her to allow the search.
The attack itself came at about 22:46 on Tuesday 10 November 2026, Kaieteur News reported on 14 November 2026, citing police and GPL. It hit the Good Hope substation on the East Coast Demerara, a coastal strip east of Georgetown.
Camera footage shows two men on a motorcycle, the same Kaieteur News report says. The report says an ignited improvised firebomb was thrown into the live 69 kilovolt switchyard.
Police recovered four glass bottles with suspected kerosene and cloth wicks, a lighter and a saw frame, Kaieteur News reported on 14 November 2026. GPL asked police to investigate under the Anti-Terrorism and Terrorist Related Activities Act 2015.
Why It Matters
The case matters first to GPL customers, because GPL said in a statement, Kaieteur News reported on 14 November 2026, that a successful strike could have shut down GPL’s Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System, its main power grid, and affected over 220,000 customers. It matters second to Guyana’s opposition, because a sitting member of parliament had her home searched and her devices taken.
President Irfaan Ali said, Kaieteur News reported on 14 November 2026, that he would “crush” all actors who seek to destabilise Guyana. He said all implicated persons, including “intellectual authors” (a phrase for the planners), would be pursued, as our report on his vow also noted.
Ali also cited an intercepted conversation involving “two politically affiliated individuals” discussing a “channa bomb”, per Kaieteur News on 14 November 2026. He did not name them, and no report we reviewed names them or says they are Singh.
Odessa Primus, a WIN official, said, according to Demerara Waves on 13 November 2026, that a functioning democracy cannot survive when opposition figures face harassment. That is the party’s view, and police have said only that they are investigating.
What Is Not Known
It is not known whether Singh will be charged. Police have confirmed an investigation, but we could not confirm what they say links her to the attack beyond that.
We could not confirm what the seized devices hold, or whether police have issued wanted bulletins since 12 November 2026. We also could not confirm the identities of the two men on the motorcycle.
No official date for a charge, a court hearing or a police update has been confirmed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Was Natasha Singh Charged?
No charge has been reported. Demerara Waves reported on 13 November 2026, quoting police, that she was questioned and subsequently released.
What Did Police Take From Her Home?
Demerara Waves reported on 13 November 2026 that parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul said police took four computers, seven cellphones and flash drives. Kaieteur News lists more devices, so the full list is not confirmed. Its headline says arrested, but its text and the police statement say she was questioned and released, so we use the police wording.
What Happened at the Good Hope Substation?
Kaieteur News reported on 14 November 2026 that two men on a motorcycle threw an ignited firebomb into the switchyard at about 22:46 on Tuesday 10 November. Police recovered four glass bottles with suspected kerosene and cloth wicks, a lighter and a saw frame.
What Did President Ali Say?
Kaieteur News reported on 14 November 2026 that Irfaan Ali vowed to “crush” all actors seeking to destabilise Guyana. He did not name the two politically affiliated individuals he cited.
Sources: Demerara Waves, 13 November 2026; Demerara Waves, 12 November 2026; Kaieteur News, 14 November 2026.
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