By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2019
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The Opposition People’s Progressive Party may find itself doing damage control in the coming days as part of its efforts to support its Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali. There has been a firestorm of criticism on social media about the party’s central committee election of Ali to lead the PPP into the next elections. Many of […]
By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2019
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Before departing Cuba for Guyana on Saturday, President David Granger met with and held discussions with Cuban President, Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez. According to a statement from the Guyana Embassy in Cuba, the discussions covered several areas, including relations between Guyana and Cuba and the United States and Cuba. “President Diaz Canel pointed out that […]
By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2019
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Newly elected PPP Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, said he is “extremely humbled” with the party’s decision to pick him to lead it into the next election. Speaking with reporters outside Freedom House, hours after his election, the former Housing and Water Minister said his election shows that his party believes in youth and experience. He […]
By News Source Guyana on January 18, 2019
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With just two weeks remaining before the deadline date for applications for the Government’s Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme, the Central Housing and Planning Authority has decided to take the programme to the people, in an effort to get more people to apply. Today, the officials from the Department were in the Stabroek market […]
By News Source Guyana on January 18, 2019
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With the Opposition labeling the coalition government as a “caretaker’ government following the no-confidence motion and vote in the National Assembly, the administration is sticking to its point that there is nothing in the Constitution that caters for any caretaker government. “There is no provision in our Constitution that limits the exercise of the power […]
By News Source Guyana on January 18, 2019
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While not wanting to divulge details of the probe, Police Commissioner Leslie James on Friday morning said that the probe of former Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud is related to the movement of gold out of Guyana and bribery. Persaud left Guyana for Canada, the morning after he voted along with the Opposition against his […]
By News Source Guyana on January 17, 2019
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Declaring that his party did not bribe former Member of Parliament, Charrandass Persaud to vote along with it during the no-confidence motion against the Government, PPP General Secretary and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, today said if there are concerns about the former MP being bribed, he would support an impartial investigation of the matter. Persaud […]
By News Source Guyana on January 17, 2019
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Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is maintaining his position that the Government should resign and prepare for elections within 90 days and now he believes that the Guyana Elections Commission is being influenced by the Government not to start elections preparations. The Elections Commission has not issued any formal statement about its readiness for early elections. […]
By News Source Guyana on January 17, 2019
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The Cheddi Jagan International Airport is reporting that 2018 recorded the highest rate of passenger movement through the country’s main airport ever. Between January and December of last year, over 630,000 passengers were processed as compared to just over 592,000 in 2017. The airport said those figures represent a 7% increase in passenger movement over […]
By News Source Guyana on January 17, 2019
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The Private Sector Commission of Guyana wants the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission to assure the nation that the Commission is fully prepared to host elections within 90 days. In a statement last evening, the business group said that it has given serious and continuing consideration to the no confidence motion and vote which […]