Elections

Rastafari organisations want marijuana promise from political parties

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 […]

Vanessa Kissoon and other women charged for heckling PPP meeting

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 […]

PPP wants separate voters list for members of Disciplined Services

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 […]

Jagdeo to hit campaign trail for Ramotar at New York fundraiser

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 […]

Moses declares Unity will part the PPP’s Red sea

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 […]

APNU+AFC unveils plans for Corentyne at Whim Unity Rally

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 […]

Lis Harper wants to see more done to fight domestic violence

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. […]