By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2015
Elections
Taking the stage to Bob Marley’s iconic “One Love” reggae hit, Prime Ministerial Candidate for the APNU+AFC coalition, Moses Nagamootoo told the coalition’s Unity Rally at Linden that a government of national unity is the way to move Guyana forward. Mr. Nagamootoo who was a 50-year member of the governing People’s Progressive Party before leaving […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2015
Elections
Kurt Campbell reports… The APNU+AFC coalition kicked off its campaign unity rallies on Saturday night in the mining town of Linden with a warning to all the people of Guyana to be watchful for “the rulers of darkness” who have resurfaced at this sensitive time to challenge the coalition’s message of change and unity. Presidential Candidate […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2015
Elections
Following the People’s Progressive Party’s declaration to their Babu John supporters that they should not support the APNU-AFC coalition because the Presidential Candidate David Granger “is danger”, Mr. Granger has responded and wants the people of the Babu John and the rest of the Corentyne to know that “Granger is not a danger, Granger is […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2015
Elections, Politics
President Donald Ramotar on Thursday rolled out a 15 point plan for 2015 which he has dubbed the “15/2015 plan” and says he expects the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to work on its implementation as it seeks to restore high levels of public trust and increase its aggressiveness in fighting criminal elements and curbing criminality. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
Elections
The APNU+AFC coalition has announced that it will launch its election rallies with a grand public rally in the mining town of Linden on Saturday, March 14. The event will take place at the Georgetown/Linden mini bus park at Mackenzie. According to a coalition statement, the Unity Rally in Linden will feature addresses by Presidential […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2015
Elections
Kurt Campbell reports… The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is holding firm to its commitment to work along with external agencies to encourage youth participation at the upcoming elections. The elections body was highly criticized by the governing People’ s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C ) and its youth arm after it announced it was partnering with […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2015
Elections
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr. Steve Surujbally on Wednesday morning appealed for political combats in this pre elections season to be done with the highest level of campaign decorum. He was at the time meeting with almost a dozen political parties that have expressed an interest in contesting the May 11 regional […]
By News Source Guyana on March 10, 2015
Elections, Politics
Minutes after being officially sworn in as Guyana’s 31st Police Commissioner by President Donald Ramotar on Tuesday, Seelall Persaud sent a strong message to political provocateurs and other persons contemplating activities outside of the law in the lead up to the May 11 general and regional elections. The Police Commissioner said the Guyana Police Force […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2015
Elections
The opposition coalition APNU-AFC, believes that the upcoming elections will serve as the time for Guyanese women to “make it happen”. In it’s International Women’s Day message, the coalition said that “as a government, APNU+AFC commits to ensuring that women are truly and sincerely protected, respected, included and provided with equal opportunity throughout the social landscape, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 17, 2015
Elections
During the 2011 elections campaign for the People’s Progressive Party, Bishop Juan Edghill declared that had Jesus been around in Guyana then, he would have voted PPP Civic. The statement drew the ire of the Christian community, but Edghill was later selected as the Minister within the Ministry of Finance for the new PPP Civic administration which […]