Lawsuit Against NEWGYUMEDIA.COM and Other Media Houses

Submitted by the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID)

Rickford Burke, CGID President

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK: President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) Rickford Burke is slapping libel and defamation lawsuits against the Guyana Chronicle newspapers and National Commutations Network (NCN) Television, entities of Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government. A defamation suit is also being filed against PPP website Newguymedia.com. The legal action stems from publication of false and slanderous allegations that Burke was arrested in New York for identity theft, when he was in fact the victim of identity theft. Burke has retained prominent Guyanese Attorney Nigel Hughes.

The Institute’s Director of Commutations Jevon Suralie in a statement Thursday described the articles as “fabricated sleaze” and said the Chronicle newspaper and NCN TV were “utensils of filth and racist PPP propaganda.” Pointing to false and malicious comments from President Donald Ramotar’s communications officer, Suralie accused Guyana’s Office of the President of peddling smear. He noted that the president’s communications officer has been charged with assault and investigated for alleged child rape and contended that “It’s ironic he would indulge in defamation of this sort. It is also inconceivable that President Donald Ramotar would allow his office to operate as “cesspool for slander” he added.

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Caribbean Diaspora Gets New Television Show

Submitted by Rickford Burke

Rickford Burke, Host of "The Caribbean Forum"

The Caribbean Diaspora in the United States and the Caribbean region will from Sunday March 19, 2012, benefit from news, opinions and information from a new Television talk show – “The Caribbean American Forum,” to be hosted by Rickford Burke, a New York based media commentator and human rights advocate who is also President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID).

Producers said the weekly two-hour, Internet based show will “air” live Sundays from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M on TCN HD at:www.tcnhd.com. TCN HD is a 24-hour all Caribbean TV network: The show will also air on TCN Mobile TV – The Caribbean’s #1 Mobile TV Network at: www.tcnhd.com, and on Hott Caribbean Radio: www.hottcaribbean.com.

First guests to appear on the show this Sunday are New York State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, a candidate for the United States Congress in the 10th Congressional District, which encompasses several Caribbean communities in Brooklyn; National Security Expert and Provost of York College – City University of New York, Dr. Ivelaw Griffith; and Immigration law expert –Attorney at Law Donnell Saures.