Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 23:12 by Denis Chabrol Prominent political commentator, Christopher Ram on Wednesday called for a boycott of the 2020 general elections if political parties are not regulated and that they should be starved of cash if there is no campaign financing legislation. “Let the mantra be no party regulation, no vote. And no campaign ...
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No more dumping of cheap, substandard, dangerous goods- govt, private sector
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 17:57 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Wednesday announced plans to stamp out the dumping of cheap, dangerous and substandard products on the local market, while at the same time urging the business community not to engage in double-standards when steps are taken. “I recall last year when certain arms within the ...
Read More »AFC had nothing to do with Hinds, Lewis removal from Guyana Chronicle- Raphael Trotman
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 14:26 by Denis Chabrol Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman on Wednesday bluntly rubbished claims that his party had anything to do with the removal of Professor David Hinds and trade unionist, Lincoln Lewis as columnists for the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, but at the same time he believed that more ...
Read More »GPL managers protest “bad faith” negotiations
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 13:07 by Denis Chabrol Junior and senior managers of the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Wednesday afternoon picketed the Main Street commercial office, claiming that the executive of the power company breached an understanding on allowances and other benefits. At least 150 senior managers picketed the Main Street office, with backing ...
Read More »Granger denies political interference in Guyana Chronicle; Hinds says AFC did PNC’s “dirty job”
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 10:55 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Wednesday distanced his administration from the decision to remove two columnists from the state-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper, but refused to say whether he found some of the writings of Professor David Hinds and Lincoln Lewis irresponsible. “It’s not for me to say. As I said, ...
Read More »Govt orders probe into police killing of three suspected bandits; DPP to pronounce on blame- President Granger
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 10:08 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Wednesday said the National Security Committee has instructed that an investigation be conducted into the killing of three suspected bandits at the Georgetown Seawall Road and he also expects an inquest into the incident. “We have ordered an investigation into the circumstances under which the ...
Read More »OPINION: The AFC is directly responsible for the removal of the Hinds and Lewis columns from the Chronicle
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 8:05 by Denis Chabrol By David Hinds In a recent interview with the Guyana Times (March 26, 2017), the AFC General Secretary, Marlon Williams, boasts about Guyana being a “beautiful” democracy. But there is nothing democratically beautiful about removing independent voices from the state-owned newspaper. And Mr. Williams cannot not know of the ...
Read More »Guyana Chronicle Board members resign in protest over removal of David Hinds, Lincoln Lewis columns
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 7:51 by Denis Chabrol Several board members of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited-publishers of the Guyana Chronicle newspapers- on Tuesday resigned, weeks after the controversial to oust two columnists from that government-controlled newspaper, sources said. Those who resigned one day before the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) were Tabita Sarabo-Halley, Bert Wilkinson, and ...
Read More »Investigation did not rule in or rule out Joint Services in killing of Lindo Creek miners- Head of Police OPR
Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 17:51 by Denis Chabrol Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Retired Assistant Commissioner Heeralall Mackanlall on Tuesday said conceded that he was unable to eliminate or implicate the Joint Services in the killing of eight miners at Lindo Creek, Upper Berbice River 10 years ago. Attorney-at-Law for the Commission ...
Read More »Major US airline adds Guyana to its routes
Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 19:05 by Denis Chabrol FORT WORTH, Texas, March 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The major United States (US) scheduled carrier, American Airlines, will this year-end begin flying to Guyana. The airline said Guyana and other additional South American destinations would go on sale in April. The company said next winter, customers looking for history, ...
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