Last Updated on Sunday, 5 November 2023, 16:39 by Denis Chabrol The National Assembly on Sunday released a parliamentary motion against Venezuela’s continued aggression against Guyana. The motion is to be considered by the 65-seat National Assembly at 10 AM on Monday, November 6, 2023. The motion follows meetings between President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton as well ...
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OPINION: Agreeing with Mr. Norton, distancing from Dr. Jagdeo
Last Updated on Sunday, 5 November 2023, 7:41 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall The issue at hand is a big one and a bad one. The issue is Venezuela, and of which I should not have to say more. Mention Venezuela as matters stand today, and Guyanese should be of one head, one mind, one stand, and one voice. ...
Read More »OPINION: Immediate moratorium on issuing Guyanese Citizenship to Venezuelans and a halt to participation in national elections are critical to National Security. Government and Opposition must collaborate on an amnesty and number of Venezuelans to remain in Guyana
Last Updated on Sunday, 5 November 2023, 7:41 by Denis Chabrol by Dr Gary Best, a Retired Rear Admiral and former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force A moratorium on issuing Guyanese citizenship to Venezuelan nationals and any type of participation, by them, in the next Guyana national and regional elections should be immediately put in place by the government. ...
Read More »OPINION: Tengan cuidado con el compañero Maduro; no es ningún tipo de socialista (Be careful with comrade Maduro; he is no socialist)
Last Updated on Sunday, 5 November 2023, 7:43 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randy Persaud (Professor Emeritus) Yván Gil, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela was on Al Jazeera on Saturday morning (November 4, 2023) during which time he made some fantastic claims, none of them with any credibility. Gil obviously took a page out of President Nicholás Maduro’s book of ...
Read More »Robbery suspect shot dead in Annandale
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 November 2023, 14:27 by Denis Chabrol A 23-year old man from Buxton, East Coast Demerara was shot dead Saturday morning in the neighboring village of Annandale after he allegedly opened fire on a police patrol, police said. The Guyana Police Force said Joseph Fiffee was “allegedly involved in a spate of robberies between Annandale and ...
Read More »OPINION: Guyana-Venezuela: trouble pending: Government too low-keyed, Guyanese too disengaged
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 November 2023, 10:40 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I begin with the good on local developments re Venezuela, as difficult and scarce as such have been. The government and opposition met. Good. Where are the follow-ups: arms-linked, footstep synchronized, full-throated (one voice) movements? There was a sectoral committee development. Good. How about going further ...
Read More »OPINION: We must defend Guyana from Morawhanna to the Boeraserie
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 November 2023, 10:36 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus We the Guyanese people do have our differences. Yet, through thick and thin, we have managed to not only survive, but to also be on the verge of dramatic forward movement. Whatever these 83,000 square miles have given us, we have made the ...
Read More »Halt granting of Guyanese citizenship to Venezuelans, bar them from voting in elections- AFC
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 November 2023, 10:34 by Denis Chabrol Worried that Venezuelans could determine the outcome of Guyana’s elections or secession of Essequibo County, the Alliance For Change (AFC) said all Venezuelans who have been granted Guyanese citizenship must be barred from voting in this country’s elections and that the opposition be integrally involved in verifying who are ...
Read More »New US Ambassador highlights priorities
Last Updated on Saturday, 4 November 2023, 7:57 by Denis Chabrol New United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot on Friday evening laid out her agenda during her tour of duty and promised to engage with a broad spectrum of people. “I am here to reaffirm the US government’s commitment to our shared democratic values including transparency, fairness, inclusion, ...
Read More »EU prepares for first trade mission to Guyana; urges Guyanese to grab opportunities
Last Updated on Friday, 3 November 2023, 17:08 by Denis Chabrol At least 20 European companies have signaled their intention to participate in the European Union’s (EU) first ever trade mission under the “Global Gateway” partnership initiative with 150 countries, EU’s Ambassador to Guyana, “We would have the very first trade mission coming to Guyana and that trade mission is ...
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