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Author Archives: Denis Chabrol

New York local politicians deceived in Brooklyn; Guyana govt restates fair governance

The Guyana government late Monday night said a number of locally-elected in New York have allowed themselves to be deceived by the Rickford Burke-led Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID). “Unfortunately, a few local officials in the USA who rely on the electorate of Brooklyn appear  to have fallen prey to the racist propaganda of extortionists and con-men,”  the Guyana ...

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Tourist’s disappearance at Orinduik Falls puts spotlight on safety

The disappearance of a Guyanese tourist at Orinduik Falls in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) has brought into sharp focus the apparent absence of trained and qualified tour guides at that location. Based on an account from one of the other tourists,  who was part of the group that flew in on Air Services Limited plane to the area, Mr Gladstone Haynes ...

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BREAKING: Local tourist disappears at Orinduik Falls

A Guyanese tourist disappeared at Orinduik Falls while on a visit there on Sunday, prompting the mobilisation of a search and rescue team that includes soldiers to find him. Well-places sources identified the missing man as Gladstone Haynes. In a brief communication with Demerara Waves Online News, Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Brigadier Godfrey Bess said members of the ...

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OPINION: President Ali’s 1000-man initiative a vision who time has come, but some of his men must go

BY GHK Lall The news is awash with appeals and push from His Excellency, President Ali to make his 1000-man initiative gather some momentum, become a success.  To give the President his due, I think that there are embedded noble objectives in that the uplift of men and younger males in Guyana are the intended beneficiaries.  I salute the President ...

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New York Attorney General to rally support to lobby Biden administration about Guyanese concerns

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Sunday vowed to mobilise support among colleague Democratic Attorneys General countrywide to ask the Federal government to probe a series of allegations levelled against the Guyana government. “I again, along with my Democratic Attorneys General across the country will be calling upon DOJ (Department of Justice) as well as the Biden administration to ...

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Lula defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil’s runoff election, pollster Datafolha says

SAO PAULO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s bitterly-fought election on Sunday, according to pollster Datafolha, denying far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro a second term. The polling firm called the election with 95% of the votes counted in Latin America’s largest country. The official count stood at 50.7% of votes for Lula against ...

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President appeals for national support to tackle problems facing boys, men

President Irfaan Ali  Friday issued a stirring appeal for broad-based national support to address deep-seated problems facing boys and men so that they could grasp education and job opportunities while staying away from trouble such as committing violence against women and children. “This is not the time for us to point fingers. This the time for us to come together ...

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Guyana, Suriname mull US request to take Afghan refugees

Guyana and neighbouring Suriname are considering a request by the United States (US) to allow Afghan refugees to settle in these two South American nations, officials said. Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said the US and Guyana held “one preliminary discussion” in September about allowing nationals of that Asian nation to settle here. He pointed out that no decision has been ...

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Police slammed for arresting attorney for advising client to remain silent; lawyer to sue police for wrongful arrest

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) and Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) on Friday condemned the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) for arresting an Attorney-at-Law Tameika Clarke because she advised her client to remain silent during questioning, even as Attorney General Anil Nandlall said he instructed police to release her. The police force said the alleged arrest ...

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Guyana recalls High Commissioner to India after video surfaces of him abusing Indian Professor and animal rights activist

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that Guyana’s High Commissioner to India has been recalled, a day after a video surfaced showing him verbally abusing an Indian Professor who is also an animal rights activist while she went to him to enquire about a dog that she usually feeds. “Notwithstanding all of this, Mr Charandass agreed with me that, in ...

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