By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2015
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Police investigators in the town of Rose Hall are probing the attempted execution of ex-policeman Ravi Outar, who was shot multiple times to his body yesterday as he sat in front his house. The incident took place just after 8:30pm on Wednesday. Reports suggest that the former cop was sitting just in front of his […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
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
Elections, News, Politics
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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Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, has described as “baseless and shameless” the recent decree by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claiming Guyana’s territory as its own. During an address to the new parliament, Greenidge said the decree by Maduro cannot be seen as an act of sovereignty since it flies in the face of […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2015
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Former Senior Guyanese Diplomat, Dr. Barton Scotland was on Wednesday elected the new Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr. Scotland was nominated by the Government’s Chief Whip Amna Ally and that nomination was seconded by Minister of Tourism, Ms. Cathy Hughes. After taking the oath of office, the new Speaker got down to the business […]
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 9, 2015
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Former Guyanese Foreign Minister CarolynRodrigues – Birkett has attacked the Venezuelan government over its attempt to enforce a new claim over Guyana’s coastal waters where US oil giant – Exxon Mobil – recently announced what could be the most significant oil find in this part of the world.In a facebook post late Monday, Birkett regarded this […]
By News Source Guyana on June 9, 2015
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The crime problem in the country continues to spiral out of control and this morning, police investigators are probing yet another murder. In a statement last evening, the Guyana Police Force announced that investigators were dispatched to the Linden/Soesdyke highway community of Yarowkobra to investigate the murder of a 42 year old woman. The dead woman […]