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My last word on the CCJ today: Guyanese leaders have failed us all – By GHK Lall

06/25/2019 – 12:56 pm

My last word on the CCJ today: Guyanese leaders want adda people fuh duh de dutty wuk

Posted by: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – June 24, 2019 – By GHK Lall

I am ashamed. I am not sure, nor do I care, how many Guyanese I speak for but I am insulted and embarrassed at some of what came through from the CCJ today. Any self-respecting Guyanese, and I am not certain as to how many are still around, should feel the same way. Did matters really have to come to this humiliating state?

From some of the quotes in the Demerara Waves’ coverage titled, “Caribbean Court gives Granger, Jagdeo more time to find consensus on elections date; GECOM says general elections not possible until after Christmas” (June 24), it is clear that Guyanese leaders, and by extension all of the Guyanese people, have been given a public dressing down. It is one that reeks of impatience, disappointment, condescension, and frustration.  Continue reading →

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Guyanese murder-accused extradited to US: creates precedent – US Ambassador

04/25/2019 – 11:43 am

Troy Thomas is en route to the United States to face justice for criminal acts he allegedly committed in New York in 2011.     

By: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves News – April 24, 2019

Troy Thomas

A Guyanese man was extradited to the United States (US) to be arraigned on a charge of murder in a New York court, a move the American embassy here said creates a new precedent for others to be possibly extradited.

The American Embassy says it notes this positive step forward and commends the Guyana government. “The Government of Guyana’s actions over the past year clearly indicate its dedication to law and order and established norms of international criminal justice – Guyana is moving in the right direction. Establishing a road map for future extraditions, bringing a fugitive to justice, making Guyana a safer place for Guyanese citizens – this is the best example of rule of law existing in Guyana,”  US Ambassador to Guyana, Sara-Ann Lynch was quoted as saying in an Embassy release.  Continue reading →

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Guyana asks World Court for swift Venezuela border case hearing

04/20/2019 – 12:20 am

 – Venezuela refuses to participate

By Denis Chabrol in  Demerara Waves – April 18, 2019

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.

Guyana wants the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to go ahead with oral hearings into the border controversy with Venezuela because Caracas has refused to submit counter arguments, the Foreign Ministry here said.

“In consequence, Guyana has decided to ask the Court to proceed directly to the holding of oral hearings, at the earliest possible date, to determine its jurisdiction over the case,” the ministry said.        Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Bharrat Jagdeo’s decisions have hurt the PPP – By James McAllister

03/28/2019 – 10:51 pm

The arrogance and hubris of Bharrat Jagdeo are not working for the PPP

Demerara Waves – March 27, 2019 – By James McAllister

After the No-Confidence Motion (NCM), Jagdeo had hoped pressure from his cohorts in the Private Sector Commission (PSC), and at the Stabroek News would have forced the government to resign. If this had happened, Jagdeo would have nullified a significant amount of the incumbency advantage the government enjoys. In addition, he would have forced election within a period when the government was still absorbing the powerful message its supporters sent during the Local Government Elections (LGE). There would have been no time for adjustment or correction.

However, once there was the combination of the government’s move to the court, and the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) decision to inform the President that elections were not possible before house-to-house registration, he should have adjusted his strategy. Once the issue moved to the courts, impartial observers accepted that the Government was entitled to due process. After all, this was not a case where the PPP won an election and the government was refusing to demit office. This was the case where the dubious vote of a government MP was procured under questionable circumstances.      Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Court of Appeal invalidates No-Confidence Vote; Gov’t stays in Office

03/22/2019 – 9:39 pm

—Jagdeo tones down call for polling date – Will Appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)

Demerara Waves – March 22, 2019 – Comment

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo Friday night appeared to tone down calls for President David Granger to announce an early election date after Guyana’s Court of Appeal ruled that the no-confidence motion was not validly passed.

He, however, said his People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would continue to demand that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) be in a state of readiness for  early polls because the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) could soon decide whether Friday’s decision by the Appeal Court that last December’s no-confidence motion needed 34 instead of 33 votes was valid.      Continue reading →

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Wanted former Rice Board accountant arrested in Canada

06/21/2017 – 12:05 am

Wanted former Rice Board accountant arrested in Canada

Posted by: Denis Chabrol – Demerara Waves – June 20, 2017

Former accountant at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran was Tuesday morning (june 20, 2017), nabbed in Canada less than one month after a Guyana court issued an arrest warrant for him.

Well-placed sources said the Toronto Fugitive Squad of the Canadian Border Services Agency arrested Ramcharran.

He remained in custody and would be granted an immigration hearing.    Continue reading →

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