Cecil Alweyn Griffith, AA, former President of the Guyana Press Association and Chief News Editor of the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation, died on January 29, aged 78.
When Georgetown’s Town Clerk wrote a letter accusing him of bias against the Mayor and City Council and of “breaching the rules of journalism” in his popular City Council Round-up column published in the Stabroek News newspaper last September, Cecil Griffith became angry. Very angry.
In an uncharacteristically uncharitable tone, the veteran journalist retorted: “Madam