Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 19:54 by Denis Chabrol United States (US) officials on Capitol Hill have asked a Guyanese opposition delegation for statistics showing alleged discrimination against Afro-Guyanese by the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), opposition politicians said at a conference in Washington DC on Guyana’s political and economic conditions. Shadow Attorney General, Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde ...
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Patterson rejects police force apology for name on no-fly list; constitutional court action looms
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 16:48 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday apologised publicly to opposition parliamentarian David Patterson for inadvertently keeping his name on an immigration department “watchlist” up to Tuesday but he hours later rejected the apology. “The Guyana Police Force would like to apologise to Member of Parliament Mr David Patterson, whose ...
Read More »OPINION: This is how small Exxon is, how low it will go for a dollar
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 11:03 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Amid the swirling developments, tensions and rackets generated by the US$214 million audit farce, I took a step back and counted stock. Under the microscope appeared Exxon and Mr. Alistair Routledge, and VP Jagdeo and PPP Government fundamentalists. There were also those fine Guyanese who shrug ...
Read More »OPINION: Venezuela should be careful, very careful.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:59 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randolph Persaud (Randy), Professor Emeritus States that have relied on belligerence and particularly military aggression in the recent past have not done well. Practically all instances of aggression against small states have failed, either partially or outright. In several instances, leaders of the aggressor states were removed ...
Read More »Patterson’s name mistakenly left on ‘no-fly’ list- Police Commissioner
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 10:45 by Denis Chabrol Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken said opposition parliamentarian David Patterson’s name mistakenly remained on the Immigration Department’s ‘no-fly’ list, causing the politician to miss a flight to the United States. Mr Patterson was expected to be part of an opposition A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change delegation ...
Read More »City Council hopes to hammer out tax debt deal with Guyana Revenue Authority
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 9:52 by Denis Chabrol A delegation of Georgetown City Councillors, Treasurer, Town Clerk and other officials were Wednesday morning hoping to negotiate with Commissioner of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia the settlement of an almost GY$2 billion debt. “We have to show them that out of the meeting we had at ...
Read More »David Patterson blocked from leaving Guyana to meet US officials
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 6:57 by Denis Chabrol A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian David Patterson said immigration officers blocked him from leaving Guyana for the United States (US) where he and other opposition parliamentarians were due to meet with American congressmen and other officials on the political and economic conditions in Guyana. He ...
Read More »Brazil calls for peaceful, ICJ-driven solution to Guyana-Venezuela territorial controversy
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 4:10 by Denis Chabrol South America’s economic and military powerhouse, Brazil on Tuesday reiterated the need for a peaceful solution to the territorial controversy between Guyana and Venezuela through diplomacy and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “Normally,what we are in favour is that we need a peaceful solution and especially that both ...
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