Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2021, 13:16 by Denis Chabrol A confectionery vendor was Sunday evening stabbed to death in Charlestown, Georgetown by a man who accused him of posting a picture of a woman in a relationship, police said. Dead is 48-year old Carl Cameron of 33 Lyng Street, Charlestown, Georgetown. Police said Cameron was stabbed five times ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2021, 22:37 by Denis Chabrol One of three robbers drowned on Saturday after they jumped into a canal at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara to escape from residents who were enraged by the theft of more than $500,000 in jewellery, other valuables and cash, police said. “Public-spirited citizens gave chase along with ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2021, 22:10 by Denis Chabrol Long-serving People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member, Aubrey Norton on Saturday scoffed at Mr. Roysdale Forde’s suggestion that he would transform that party into an Afro-Guyanese political organisation if he wins the leadership. Mr. Norton stopped short of openly accusing Mr. Forde of being ignorant of his track-record of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2021, 6:05 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall As part of my continuing political watch in this country, I noted with interest an utterance by a rising light in Guyanese political circles.  Prominent attorney, Roysdale Forde, expounded that the PNC must cease to be a race-based party (Demerara Waves, October 22).  This is where ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2021, 9:29 by Denis Chabrol Prominent Attorney-at-Law, Roysdale Forde Thursday night came out with a ringing endorsement of Joseph Harmon for the leadership of their People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), saying there was no place for a tribal or divisive leader. Mr. Harmon has also publicly accused the governing largely Indo-backed People’s Progressive Party ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2021, 7:44 by Denis Chabrol Two University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturers have strongly cast doubt on the independence of the Guyana Court of Appeal because of its rulings on political and 2020 general election cases. Law Lecturer, Ronnie Yearwood highlighted that the Guyana High Court rulings had been all upheld by the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2021, 21:48 by Denis Chabrol People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member, Joseph Harmon on Thursday night launched his campaign to be the next party leader, promising to be at the helm of bringing back disenchanted supporters, attracting cross-racial backing and uniting the party. Speaking at the launch of his campaign  held at the Herdmanston ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2021, 10:45 by Denis Chabrol BY GHK Lall Since I now make a living sharing unsolicited assessments of candidates for leader of the PNC, I keep going.  Dr. Richard Van-West Charles for PNC leader has a certain strength to it; I now explore what stands to his credit, while noting e hurdles he must ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 21:59 by Denis Chabrol Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with  Tuesday night’s alleged robbery of a security guard while she was on duty at the Christianburg Nursery School in Wismar, Linden. The guard told police that one of the robbers held her at knifepoint and stole her cellular phone valued $43,000. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 21:44 by Denis Chabrol The United Arab Emirates said it is eyeing Guyana to set up a  deepwater port to serve as a hub for the oil and gas sector in this country and neighbouring Brazil, a decision that has prompted  President Irfaan Ali to offer incentives to the company named Abu Dhabi ...