Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 13:04 by Denis Chabrol Guyana on Monday suggested that sister Caribbean nations should wage a campaign against the authenticity of Transparent International’s corruption rankings, saying they were not scientific for media houses to use them to publish largely questionable stories. “The Caribbean countries keep getting notoriety in the international media for havens of ...
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IDPADA-G affiliates free to take gov’t cash “handout”; subsidy still a court matter- Alexander
Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 12:13 by Denis Chabrol The 55 affiliate Afro-Guyanese organisations of the umbrella International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) have not been asked to refuse an estimated GY$100 million that have been budgeted for this year’s activities as part of the decade that ends in 2024, IDPADA-G Chairman Vincent Alexander ...
Read More »PNCR disunity affecting opposition struggle against PPP, says WPA’s Ogunseye
Last Updated on Monday, 17 April 2023, 20:50 by Denis Chabrol The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Sunday night urged that there be a campaign of “tension” across Guyana to push for executive power sharing and an end to discrimination against Afro-Guyanese, but indicated that a lot depended on unity in the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). “We ...
Read More »Local Govt Elections: PPP won’t predict performance in Georgetown; APNU remains confident despite defections
Last Updated on Monday, 17 April 2023, 15:21 by Denis Chabrol General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday refused to say categorically whether he believed that his political organisation would for the first time clinch a majority to control the Georgetown City Council in the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections, although the slate of ...
Read More »BREAKING: Govt to disburse funds directly to affiliates of Afro-Guyanese umbrella organisation
Last Updated on Friday, 14 April 2023, 17:06 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of the collapse of talks between the Guyana government and the International Decade for People of African Descent- Guyana (IDPADA-G), the administration on Friday announced that it would go ahead and disburse the budgeted GY$100 million to affiliates of that organisation rather than to the umbrella ...
Read More »Talks breakdown over govt money for Afro-Guyanese organisation
Last Updated on Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:41 by Denis Chabrol Negotiations between lawyers for the Guyana government and the International Decade for People of African Guyanese Assembly have collapsed over the continued disbursement of government funds to that organisation. IDPADA-G moved to the court earlier this year to challenge government’s decision on the grounds that over GYD$500 million ...
Read More »Jagdeo says Linden will get FIFA, ICC-approved grounds, amid APNU concerns
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 April 2023, 23:06 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of claims by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that a sport facility in Linden was being reconstructed to cater for cricket rather than mainly football, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday assured that there would be internationally rated grounds ...
Read More »Woman charged with hurling racial slurs, says innocent of threatening President
Last Updated on Thursday, 13 April 2023, 17:38 by Denis Chabrol An Indo-Guyanese woman on Thursday pleaded guilty to attempting to excite racial hostility or ill will against Afro-Guyanese man, but denied that she threatened President Irfaan Ali. Fifty-nine year old Zalena Ali of Lot 140 Section ‘A’ Block ‘Y’ Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara, pleaded guilty to violating the ...
Read More »DR airline begins Guyana-Canada flights in June
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 18:30 by Denis Chabrol The Dominican Republic headquartered SkyCana airline will from June 1, 2023 serve the Guyana-Canada route, President Irfaan Ali said Wednesday. President Ali said he welcomed the news from the CEO of Sky Cana, Frank Diaz Gonzalez.The announcement was made following a meeting between President Ali and Mr Gonzalez at ...
Read More »OPINION: The saga of Mr. Shell Mohamed
Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 15:01 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Recent media developments emphasized that Mr. Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed is taking the fight to new lengths to establish the reputation that he believes is rightly due to him. First, Mr. Mohamed recruited the firm of a former Assistant Director of the America’s FBI to do some ...
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