ON August 7, 2020, an article headlined, ‘Reg. 2 REO under fire for sexual allegation’ appeared in the Guyana Chronicle. Subsequent to the publication, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) in question, Mr Denis Jaikaran, caused a correspondence to be dispatched to the Guyana Chronicle, which indicated that certain statements contained in the said article are false and defamatory.

The contentious article was published under the watch of elements of the old management of the Guyana Chronicle. Following a review of the article, it was found that indeed the claims made against Mr Jaikaran were false. The Guyana Chronicle retracts the contentious article and issues an unreserved apology to Mr Jaikaran for the distress the publication might have caused him and his family.