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Author Archives: Denis Chabrol

Bodies of quarry workers found floating in Essequibo River

The bodies of two workers of St Mary’s Quarry were Tuesday morning found floating in the Essequibo River, hours after the boat they were travelling in was found adrift, the Guyana Police Force said. They are Vijai Lallmoni and Solendra Bookmohan who were identified by their wives Rozana Lallmoni and Priya Bhookmohan respectively. They were reported missing on Monday evening ...

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OPINION: National ‘sweep-up’ in Georgetown ignores the drainage problem

The much-vaunted national clean-up turned out to be a disgraceful damp squib for many parts of Georgetown where the citizenry, businessowners and visitors alike cry out for that elusive long-lasting solution to the sanitation and drainage problems. The exercise on September 2, 2023 demonstrated either a cosmetic sweep-up, a failed experiment, dismally poor implementation or yet another photo opportunity. The ...

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Suspects in Lusignan Supermarket robbery charged

Two men, who allegedly robbed a supermarket at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara were Monday arraigned on a charge of robbery under arms and were granted bail, police said. The accused are 26-year old Jamal Seymour, a carpenter of Lot 176 Campbell and Sussex Street, Albouystown, Georgetown and 29-year old Ryan Goodluck, a vendor of Lot 928 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. ...

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Caribbean financial crimes watchdog determining Guyana’s compliance with global standards

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFTAF) on Monday began a nine-day evaluation of Guyana’s readiness to fight money laundering, and the financing of terrorism, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. The 4th Round Mutual Evaluation of Guyana’s Anti-money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism/Countering Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) regime is part of the country’s international compliance obligations under the France-based Financial Action ...

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Guyanese law firm to determine number of wrongful convictions

A Guyanese law firm plans to conduct a survey here and in the wider Caribbean to ascertain how many persons have been convicted wrongfully largely due to the absence of forensic science, Attorney-at-Law Dr Dexter Todd said. “We will, as a firm, commit to having that survey so that we can have an appreciation of the amount of persons who ...

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OPINION: Where is the Race and Class Analysis of the PPP-State?

Dr. Nigel Westmaas It is a remarkable display of duplicity and contortionism to pass judgment on the racial, social, and ideological composition of specific political parties, social organizations, and individuals (along with the strange preoccupation with groups they consider small, irrelevant or dead) in Guyana without subjecting the same critical race and class analysis to the political party currently in ...

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Berbice Psychiatric Hospital to be closed eventually- Health Ministry

The 154-year-old Psychiatric Hospital, Berbice would be closed eventually, and provision made to accommodate mentally ill patients at a new New Amsterdam Hospital that would be constructed, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said.l “Over time, the current facilities that we have in New Amsterdam, we’ll be closing those facilities,” he told the opening of a Neonatal conference at the weekend. ...

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OPINION: A shockingly banal response from Roysdale Forde

By Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC. History is the most abused of all disciplines. It is bent this way and that by charlatans, political hucksters, and even the more erudite among us, to achieve pedestrian little victories. Rosydale Forde’s response to my call for an apology for his boorish accusations against President Ali comes to mind. Mr. ...

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Number of Georgetown street dwellers reduced- Human Services Minister

The number of street dwellers in commercial Georgetown has been reduced significantly and a number of them have been trained and employed, according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud. “Some people don’t like to abide by the rules. Some people like the street kind of conditions and some people refuse to move but we have- ...

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