Veteran Guyanese journalist succumbs to cancer

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAVeteran journalist Courtney Gibson lost his battle with cancer late Sunday night at the age of 61 years. Gibson, a former Editor in Chief of the state owned Guyana Chronicle, died in a hospital in Tampa, Florida, USA where he was admitted for treatment a few days earlier.

Gibson was a longstanding correspondent for what was then the Caribbean News Agency (CANA), now Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).  He was also Editor of the The Daily Herald in St Maarten.