–direct state run media to print what he said
President Mohammed Irfaan Ali on the sidelines of the opening of the annual Guyana Defence Force Officers Conference, launched a nasty attack on Isobel Yeung, the New-York based correspondent for Vice-News who interviewed the Vice-President on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.
“People are just doing things for sensational headlines,” the President told reporters yesterday. According to the President, he has received intel that the reporter is representing special interest groups and is challenging the journalist to respond to these claims. He accused the reporter of not knowing anything about what the Amaila Falls project was about, and not knowing the name of roads in Guyana.
Isobel Yeung is an award winning British long-form documentary correspondent. She has covered a variety of stories concerning major global issues such as world conflicts, terrorism, mass detention and genocide. She has also reported on social issues in developing countries such as gender roles, women’s rights, and mental health.
In 2019, Yeung was presented with the Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign Correspondence. In 2017, Yeung won a ‘Gracie Award’ for TV National Reporter/Correspondent for her work on Afghan Women’s Rights for Vice on HBO, and in 2016 she had been featured in a list of America’s 50 Most Influential Women compiled by women’s magazine Marie Claire.
The PPP Government continues to face massive condemnation and accessions of corruption from the opposition and civil society organizations. PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday at his weekly press conference called for a full fledged investigation into the bombshell revelations.
