Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 15:42 by Denis Chabrol The President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali’s reaffirmation of their commitment to settling border controversies peacefully is a strong signal to Venezuela that it must respect any ruling by the World Court, International Relations Professor Mark Kirton said. At the end of Mr Bolsonaro’s ...
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GECOM Commissioner Alexander proposes biometric system for voting
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 14:54 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Guyana Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander is suggesting that a biometric system be introduced for voters to cast their ballots and so remove the possibility of persons voting in the names of the dead, migrants and other absent persons. “I think, as a temporary, mechanism that a biometric feature ...
Read More »Norton, Jagdeo set conditions for debate
Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 7:48 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday night set conditions for a public debate, in a heated but respectful exchange between the two senior political figures. Mr. Jagdeo to Mr. Norton: “If you bring your SOPs (Statements of Poll) tomorrow, make them public, the next ...
Read More »OPINION: ABCEU joint release was loaded with exhortations to local press, and exposures of the PPP Government
Last Updated on Monday, 9 May 2022, 11:39 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall On this the eve of the one-week anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, attention is drawn again to that joint release by the ABCEU people on the ground here. It was not just what was said, but how it was said, and placed before every Guyanese. ...
Read More »“The Diaspora cannot be lazy” Ali tells Guyanese in Canada
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 May 2022, 8:21 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Saturday night urged the Guyanese Diaspora in Canada take advantage of growing economic opportunities in their homeland, even as Governance Minister Gail Teixeira said the Guyanese at home alone could not develop Guyana. “The Diaspora is a powerful tool but the Diaspora cannot be lazy. ...
Read More »Several houses demolished at Amelia’s Ward for road in proposed residential area; opposition demands compensation, relocation
Last Updated on Saturday, 7 May 2022, 17:50 by Denis Chabrol Several houses and foundations at Amelia’s Ward, Linden were demolished and destroyed on Saturday because they are in the path of a proposed road for the expansion of housing in the town, but the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has formally requested compensation and alternative ...
Read More »Opposition GECOM Commissioner says names of some deceased persons will remain on voters list
Last Updated on Friday, 6 May 2022, 13:20 by Denis Chabrol Opposition-nominated Guyana Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Friday said government’s plan to remove the names of deceased persons from the voters list is nothing new and still thousands of names of unregistered deaths and persons who died overseas would remain on the national register. “That proposal is flawed. It ...
Read More »Gov signals intent to “streamline” social media news entities
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2022, 23:39 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Thursday signaled strongly that the groundwork was being laid to somehow regulate news and current affairs entities that are operating Online, hours after the Press Association pushed back hard against what it regarded as attempts to stifle media freedom under the guise of responsible and ...
Read More »Bandits, armed with axe, gun, rob West Demerara family
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2022, 21:33 by Denis Chabrol Three persons at La Grange, West Bank Demerara say they were robbed Wednesday evening of GY$548,000 worth of valuables and cash. The armed robbery occurred at 84 Independence Street. Those robbed at gunpoint are 40-year old Kumarie Persaud, 21-year old Randy Persaud, and 18-year old Radiya Persaud. Police were ...
Read More »New York court convicts extradited Guyanese man for murder in Richmond Hill
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 May 2022, 21:26 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese man, who was extradited to the United States three years ago, has been convicted for the murder of a man in New York in 2011, Thirty-six year old Troy Thomas was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The court convicted Thomas for the shooting and ...
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