Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 17:30 by Denis Chabrol For millions of women and girls around the world, gender equality and the full enjoyment of human rights remain elusive. For instance, nearly 14 million children are forced into marriage every year; that is 37,000 girls being denied their fundamental human rights every single day!Every day, 7.3 million babies ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 17:20 by Denis Chabrol As we near local government elections on March 18th and Guyana’s 50th anniversary of independence on May 26th, this year’s International Women’s Day takes on added significance.   The contributions of women to Guyana’s rich history are too many to list. The influence of leaders like former President Janet Jagan, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 17:08 by Denis Chabrol A Surinamese woman, who attempted to smuggle cocaine from Guyana to Barbados, was Monday jailed for three years. Damario Cheslie was found guilty for being in possession of 526 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. She was found guilty of the offence that was committed on May ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 18:03 by Denis Chabrol A young man who, allegedly stabbed his 18-year old girlfriend 41 times almost one year ago, was Monday arraigned for murder. Appearing before East Coast Demerara Magistrate, Zameena Ally-Seepaul, the accused – Shivanand “Shiv” Roopnarine- was not required to plea to the indictable charge that he murdered Alicia Mc Pherson ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 17:03 by Denis Chabrol Vice President and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says that he will not resign from his Ministerial portfolio. This is after People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee called for President David Granger to dismiss Ramjattan. Rohee on Monday morning stated that “the Granger administration stands condemned. Heads ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 13:20 by Former Home Affairs Minister and Leader of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee says that President David Granger should take immediate steps to dismiss Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan over the recent Camp Street riots. From last Wednesday, the Georgetown Prison has experienced a period of unrest which culminated with ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 11:33 by Denis Chabrol In keeping with the theme for this year, ‘ Gender Equality by 2030’, the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers encourages women in Guyana to keep their eye on the prize, and work, together with all other women in the world to achieve this goal. Equality is not an elusive ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 10:57 by Denis Chabrol As one who took issue with President Granger’s initial comments on the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry Report, I feel obligated to commend the president for his most recent comments which to mind are more in keeping with his stature and that of the office he holds. As a ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 March 2016, 10:54 by Denis Chabrol My critique of State Violence against citizens since Independence, including those who oppose the government has understandably enraged opinion on both sides of our ethno-political divide. The two opinions have one thing in common—they both contend that the state under their party’s watch was reacting to violence perpetrated against ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 March 2016, 23:09 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo fears that the APNU+AFC-led coalition government plans to rig future elections by setting the stage to register thousands of underage persons. Addressing hundreds of persons at Babu John, Port Mourant,  Corentyne on Sunday, March 6, 2016 in honour of late People’s Progressive Party founder-leader, Dr. ...