By News Source Guyana on April 18, 2023
News, Politics
Chairman of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) Coordinating Council, Vincent Alexander today said the recently announced money that will be given to 55 Afro Guyanese organisations by the Government does not relate to the subvention that should be paid over to IDPADA-G. Hours after the High Court took […]
By News Source Guyana on April 18, 2023
News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton- Desir has called for a collective approach to deal with the issues faced by people of African descent in different parts of the world, especially in countries like Guyana. Speaking at the 2023 National Action Network Convention in New York which had the US Vice President Kamala Harris and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 18, 2023
News
In an early morning Facebook presentation this morning as birds chirped in the compound at State House, President Irfaan Ali rejected claims that his party, the People’s Progressive Party, has bought out candidates and paid for support for the upcoming local government elections. He said such claims are an insult to some of the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
Leader of the recently formed Independent Citizens for Progress (ICP), Bobby Vieira believes that once elected to the municipality of Georgetown, his group will be able to advance much needed change for the country’s capital city, Georgetown. Vieria stated that while Guyana has been independent for more than fifty years, Georgetown has seen little to […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
News, Politics
Chairman of the APNU and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton today said he is not too bothered by some of his party members who have crossed the floor to join ranks with the governing People’s Progressive Party for the local elections. In a statement, Mr. Norton said he believes the APNU’s […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
News, Politics
With a large band of supporters during the nomination day proceedings today, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is hoping to make a clean sweep across the 80 Local Authorities Areas come June 12 when the Local Government Elections are held. Moments before the PPP submitted its List of Candidates for the Municipality of Georgetown, General […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
News, Politics
With some of its current city councilors switching sides and heading over to the PPP for the upcoming local elections, the APNU is looking to some new faces within its camp to hold on to City Council seats. Chairman of the Guyana Youth and Student Movement, Kibwe Copeland is one of the new faces for […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
Former Mayor of Georgetown and APNU Councillor Patricia Chase-Green has gone red for the upcoming local government elections. Chase-Green who was last elected to the Georgetown City Council under the APNU banner in 2018 has emerged as one of the new faces for the governing People’s Progressive Party in the upcoming elections. The former Mayor […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2023
Crime, News
An off-duty Police Corporal who was attached to the Presidential Guard Unit, lost his life early this morning after losing control of the Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle that he was driving at the time. A Police statement said 24-year-old Kevin Narine was driving at a fast rate along the East Bank Demerara public road at […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2023
Crime, News
Police investigators have launched a probe into the stabbing death of a 45-year-old truck driver along the Eccles dumpsite road on the East Bank of Demerara. The dead has been identified as Kerry Sears. A police report said Sears was in the area on work related duties when he stopped to speak with another truck […]