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General Surgeon at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital and Former Board Member of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Dr. Surendra Persaud is confident that the opposition coalition can turn around the public health care system to ensure greater accountability and value for money. The Berbice born Doctor and former Queens College student is a Candidate on […]
President Donald Ramotar took his campaign for re-election to the Region 1 communities of Port Kaituma and Mabaruma on Tuesday, promising more development for amerindian communities across the country. “You know how much we have done in the interior areas. I was shocked to see a campaign billboard saying ‘It’s time to respect Amerindians’. Really? […]
There continues to be more calls on President Donald Ramotar to fire his Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsarran following the “slap and strip” threats the Minister made against a female activist. The Guyana Bar Association, the Association of Women Lawyers and Justice Institute Guyana have joined forces and have issued a call on President […]
President Donald Ramotar has penned a campaign letter to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) appealing to ranks to vote for the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic when they head to the polls on May 2, ahead of the May 11 regional and general elections Ramotar in the letter addressed to senior, junior and other ranks […]
The Women and Gender Equality Commission has joined the long list of organisations that are pressing Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran to resign from office over his verbal attack on women’s rights activist Sherlina Nageer. In a Monday afternoon statement, the Commission said it is dismayed at the comments made in the recent outburst by Minister […]
The recently released 2015 elections manifesto by the ruling People’ s Progressive Party has been slammed by APNU+AFC Coalition candidate Khemraj Ramjattan who regarded the document as a “compendium of emptiness.” Ramjattan, who is also Leader of the Alliance for Change said the PPP Civic’s proposal to take Guyana forward over the next five years […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association has blasted Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran for his “slap and strip” threats against women’s rights activist Sherlina Nageer. And the Human Rights body believes that the continued presence of Dr. Bheri Ramsaran as Minister of Health and candidate on the PPP/C electoral list “is the direct result of the […]
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she will not be “jumbied” into calling an election date. Instead, Persad-Bissessar said her Government will be moving another motion of censure against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley to have him suspended from the Parliament for the controversial “emailgate” issue. The Prime Minister walked with three files […]
(BBC) A Venezuelan woman has had her wish for a flat granted by President Nicolas Maduro after she made her point by hitting him on the head with a mango. Marleny Olivo threw the fruit at the president while he was driving a bus through the central state of Aragua. It had a message on […]
General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic Clement Rohee on Monday disclosed that Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has been “sanctioned” at the Party level for his recorded verbal abuse of a female rights activist last week. Those sanctions included speaking to the Minister “seriously” at a meeting of the Executive Committee, according […]
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