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Author Archives: Denis Chabrol

Jagdeo denies govt, PPP orchestrated eviction of PNCR from govt-owned building in Lethem

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday flipped out copies of what he said are letters that government had written to the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) asking for that party’s office in Lethem to move out of the State-owned building there. He said one letter was written to then PNCR General Secretary Amna Ally in 2021 and two others to ...

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Govt plans to re-enter domestic aviation market

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that the Guyana government planned to offer cargo flights to a number of far-flung interior regions where the cost of freight would be ordinarily expensive. “The aircraft we are looking for are to allow us to better serve the hinterland community including if the freight costs are too high for goods and services ...

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Govt to take back lost time due to delayed 2020 election results

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that Guyanese would vote in general elections in late 2025, amounting to a take-back of the five months between the election in March, 2020 and the declaration of the results in August. Many people believe  that this is really the two-thirds point in the term of the People’s Progressive Party. It is not. ...

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PNCR’s Lethem office building needed for health facility but Forde deems demolition “declaration of war”

Even as Shadow Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Roysdale Forde said political parties’ headquarters were untouchable, Local Government and Regional Development Minister Nigel Dharamlall said the building that housed the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) office in Lethem has been earmarked for a health care facility. “The location of this site is slated to have a health facility ...

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PNCR insists it owns dismantled Lethem office; plans to take govt to court

In the wake of government’s pre-dawn dismantling of the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) office in Lethem, the party on Thursday afternoon insisted that it owns that property and was preparing to file legal action for assault, trespass, and the removal of party property “The property is ours and we will enforce our rights in the courts,” he said. He ...

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PNCR’s Region 9 office dismantled; REO says it’s govt property

The building, which housed the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) office in Lethem, Region Nine for the past 43 years, was early Thursday morning demolished, party official Carl Parker said. He claimed that Claims and Objections reports that should have been submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission on Thursday were destroyed. He also said the history of the PNCR in ...

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260 suspected assault rifle ammunition found in Linden

Police on Wednesday said they found 260 rounds of suspected assault rifle ammunition in Kara Kara Creek, South Amelia’s Ward, Linden shortly after receiving information that a number of men had been seen in the area with large bags Investigators said that between 4 PM and 5 PM, they responded to the report and found one rice bag tucked away ...

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OPINION: Foreign entities are watching, could move to provide funding

by GHK Lall I am appalled about the direction that the PPP Government cherishes.  It is clearly bent on pursuing certain dogged visions, regardless of who says what, the alarming appearance of its actions.  I do the government a favor which, coming from me, would be received in the poorest grace.  I persist. When the President and others practice going ...

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Guyana to enforce High Court judgement in Trinidad against eco-pod manufacturer

The Guyana government  would be filing court proceedings in Trinidad to enforce a Guyana High Court order that a Trinidad company refund GY$6.5 million (US$28,449.54 and pay GY$500,000 in damages after it failed to supply two eco-pods, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Tuesday night. “Currently, our law permits us to enforce this judgment in Trinidad and we will pursue that ...

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PNCR’s Coretta Mc Donald appeals for party unity

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive member, Coretta Mc Donald on Wednesday said her party was working feverishly to heal divisions dating back to when the coalition was unseated from government but she appealed to party faithful to do much more to bring about party unity. “As it is right now, we are working very, very hard, extremely hard to ...

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