By News Source Guyana on April 7, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana and well respected academic, Professor Harold Lutchman will head the APNU+AFC Coalition’s list of candidates which will be presented to the Guyana Elections Commission on Nomination Day, Tuesday 6th April, 2015. Lutchman agreed to head the list following several meetings with leaders of the coalition movement. Sources […]
By News Source Guyana on April 5, 2015
Elections, News
The message of national unity and reconciliation was taken to Region Two on Saturday as the APNU+AFC coalition hosted its unity rally in the town of Anna Regina where residents were urged to join in the efforts to unseat the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) from its 23 years rule. APNU Member Dr. Rupert Roopnarine regarded the efforts to forge […]
By News Source Guyana on April 5, 2015
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Elections, News
With elections in Guyana just over a month away, the Prime Ministerial Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Elisabeth Harper intends to focus more over the coming weeks to introduce herself to the Guyanese people. After a silent introduction to the media by the President back in February, Ms. Harper has now been making the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
Elections, Politics
Seasoned campaigner and politician, Aubrey Norton on Tuesday evening charged residents of Parfait Harmonie on the West Bank of Demerara to throw their full support behind the APNU+AFC coalition if they want to see real development of their community and a better Guyana. Speaking at a public meeting at the poorly lit 4 corner at […]
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 […]