By News Source Guyana on April 2, 2015
Elections
Kurt Campbell reports… Some sections of the local Rastafarian community are threatening to withhold support from political parties in the upcoming May 11 regional and general elections if individual platforms and policies do not speak favorably to the decriminalization of marijuana in Guyana. During a press conference on Thursday, Leaders of at least three Rastafarian organisations […]
By News Source Guyana on April 2, 2015
Elections
While questioning the character of the APNU+AFC Presidential and Prime Ministerial Candidates, PPP Civic member and Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has declared that he has an impeccable character and his hands are clean in regards to convicted drug king pin Shaheed Roger Khan. Ramsammy was fingered in US court documents and wikileaks cable […]
By News Source Guyana on April 1, 2015
Elections
Former Member of Parliament for A Partnership for National Unity, Vanessa Kissoon and four other Linden women were on Tuesday charged for provoking a breach of the peace after they heckled and protested at a public meeting of the People’s Progressive Party in the bauxite mining town of Linden. The incident reportedly took place last […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2015
Elections, Politics
Although she was part of the opposition parties in parliament that used their joint majority to reduce the budget over the past three years, former APNU member Africo Selman is now using her new political platform to criticize the moves that she never objected to while in opposition. Selman served as a Member of Parliament […]
By News Source Guyana on March 31, 2015
Elections
The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) wants the Guyana Elections Commission to exclude the names of members of the disciplined services from the Official List of Electors (OLE) to be used on May 11 and place those names on a separate voters list. According to Party General Secretary Clement Rohee, the inclusion of the names […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2015
Elections
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo will hit the campaign trail in New York for President Donald Ramotar. Mr. Jagdeo is scheduled to travel to New York for a campaign fundraising event in Queens. The meeting will take place on April 11, 2015 at the Hillside Banquet Hall. According to reports, the event has been organised by supporters […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2015
Elections
Introduced to the sounds of Bob Marley’s One Love, APNU+AFC ‘s Prime Ministerial Candidate Moses Nagamootoo took the stage on Sunday night before thousands of supporters in his home village of Whim on the Corentyne. Nagamootoo remembered growing up as the son of a fish vendor and being asked by his mom to deliver fish […]
By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2015
Elections
Kurt Campbell reports The APNU+AFC Coalition on Sunday unveiled several policies and offered assurances that it would put in place if it wins the next elections. The party took its Unity Rally to the Corentyne Village of Whim and brought out thousands of Berbicians and other citizens. Both David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo, the coalition’s Presidential […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2015
Elections, Politics
President Donald Ramotar told thousands of supporters gathered in Kitty that the next PPP government under his watch will continue to make investments in the security sector. Ramotar who is seeking re-election after he was forced to call early elections following his prorogation of the parliament, told the Kitty Rally that he intends to pay […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2015
Elections
The Prime Ministerial Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Elisabeth Harper has made it clear that she wants to see a whole lot more done in Guyana to support the fight against domestic violence. Ms. Harper made her maiden rally speech on Sunday afternoon at the first rally for the PPP Civic in Kitty. […]