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Former murder accused and self confessed member of the former death squad, Sean Hinds believes that two activists for the now opposition People’s Progressive Party ought to be questioned in connection with the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. In an interview this evening with the HGP Nightly News, Hinds distanced himself from any involvement […]
Career diplomat and former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elisabeth Harper is among a number of persons being considered for diplomatic postings at Guyana’s various missions abroad. Ms. Harper who resigned from her Director General post to become the Prime Ministerial Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party for the May 11 elections, […]
Executive member of People’s Progressive Party and former Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon has announced plans to increase his activism at the Party level as it heads into the National Assembly, this time as the opposition party. Dr. Luncheon, who had disclosed some worrying health setbacks last year, now says he will continue […]
The unlimited benefits that were enjoyed by Former President Bharrat Jagdeo have been trimmed and the other two former Presidents Donald Ramotar and Samuel Hinds will also see their benefits being trimmed with the recent passage of the Former Presidents (Benefits and other Facilities) Bill. There was speculation that the new legislation would not affect the […]
Newly appointed Town Clerk of the City of Georgetown, Royston King has accepted the position with much enthusiasm and is already promising to “rethink, re-train, retool and reorganize” the internal operations of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in order to deliver a better quality of service to city residents. King told News Source […]
Local rights advocates are not pleased with the selection of former President Bharrat Jagdeo as opposition leader and they have launched a protest against his return and that of several People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) members to the National Assembly. The activists picketed outside the PPP Freedom House headquarters this midday and called out former President Bharrat Jagdeo, on […]
Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnarine has indicated that the Government has not made any decision as yet as to whether the $10,000 education cash grant will continue. The grant was introduced last year as a budget measure of the former People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration. Last week reports surfaced that a decision was made to […]
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, this morning denied that the party has identified former Attorney General Anil Nandlall as its nominee for Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. At his regular Monday morning press conference at Freedom House, Mr. Rohee said a report which appeared in the Guyana Times naming […]
President David Granger has called on the newly elected Regional Chairpersons and their deputies to be regional leaders and not “party chairmen”. On Friday, the officials were sworn in before President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency. Those sworn in as Regional Chairpersons are: Brentnol Ashley, Region One; Devanand Ramdatt, Region Two; Julius A […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is not happy with the change of government in Guyana and believes that Guyana’s new President, retired Brigadier David Granger, has come to office to provoke Venezuela and divide the Caribbean. In a wide ranging interview with TeleSUR English TV network in Caracas on Thursday, Mr. Maduro complained of the position taken […]
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