By News Source Guyana on June 16, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Perched behind a podium in the back of a canter truck, former President Donald Ramotar told Enmore residents on Monday evening that they must remain vigilant and join the struggle against the new government. Just over 200 persons gathered in a poorly lit street in the village to join the People’s Progressive Party in its […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2015
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The People’s Progressive Party has issued a call on residents of Enmore to boycott Tuesday’s official wreath laying and commemoration ceremony for the Enmore Martyrs at the monument site. The Party’s General Secretary Clement Rohee wants the Enmore residents to stay away from the event because the people who will be speaking at the event […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2015
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The People’s Progressive Party might not be willing to contest local government elections once Dr. Steve Surujbally remains as the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. Local government elections were last held in Guyana back in 1994. The new government has promised to call local government elections by next year as it settles into office. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2015
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The Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur has brushed aside calls for his resignation and says he has every reason to believe those calls are charged with malice and vendetta. A vexed Sattaur told News Source, in a Monday morning telephone interview, that he has been nothing short of a professional […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2015
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President David Granger returned to the National Assembly today in his new role as Executive President to open the 11th Parliament and immediately extended a hand to the opposition People’s Progressive Party to take up its seats in the National Assembly and work along with his government in the interest of all the people of […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2015
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The General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity and Minister of State, Joe Harmon said he will be very surprised if the name of the current Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon, is not among the names that the coalition will extract from its list of candidates to serve on the Regional Democratic Council. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2015
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National Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party and former Member of Parliament, Dr. Vindhya Persaud believes it is time that the PPP end its protests and head to Parliament to represent the over 202,000 people who voted for the party at the May 11 elections. In an email to her PPP colleagues, Dr. Persaud said […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2015
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Having served the People’s Progressive Party in both opposition and government for 50 years, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is not impressed with the PPP’s ongoing protests against the May 11 elections and its boycott of the opening of parliament. Mr. Nagamootoo walked away from the PPP four years ago to join the Alliance For Change. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 9, 2015
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The Venezuela government says it categorically rejects statements from the new Government of the Guyana about the Venezuelan President’s latest decree and the neighbouring country believes the statements coming out of Guyana “constitutes a provocation and threatens the Bolivarian peace diplomacy.” “It is unacceptable that the new Government of Guyana assume this position with a territory […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
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Three of the Ministers in the new APNU+AFC administration are technocrat Ministers and therefore will have no voting rights in the new parliament. The technocrat Ministers are Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Sydney Allicock, Citizenship Minister Winston Felix and Minister within the Ministry of Communities Keith Scott. “These technocrat Ministers are persons appointed by the […]