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The Women and Gender Equality Commission has joined the long list of organisations that are pressing Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran to resign from office over his verbal attack on women’s rights activist Sherlina Nageer. In a Monday afternoon statement, the Commission said it is dismayed at the comments made in the recent outburst by Minister […]
The recently released 2015 elections manifesto by the ruling People’ s Progressive Party has been slammed by APNU+AFC Coalition candidate Khemraj Ramjattan who regarded the document as a “compendium of emptiness.” Ramjattan, who is also Leader of the Alliance for Change said the PPP Civic’s proposal to take Guyana forward over the next five years […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association has blasted Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran for his “slap and strip” threats against women’s rights activist Sherlina Nageer. And the Human Rights body believes that the continued presence of Dr. Bheri Ramsaran as Minister of Health and candidate on the PPP/C electoral list “is the direct result of the […]
General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic Clement Rohee on Monday disclosed that Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has been “sanctioned” at the Party level for his recorded verbal abuse of a female rights activist last week. Those sanctions included speaking to the Minister “seriously” at a meeting of the Executive Committee, according […]
When Guyanese head to the polls on May 11, close to 60% of the more than 500,000 eligible persons of the voters list will be between the ages of 18 and 35. Guyana’s youth population will make up the biggest part of the voting public and will serve as the key demographic that could swing […]
After 23 years in government, the People’s Progressive Party Civic is proposing in its 2015 elections manifesto to publish Codes of Conduct for cabinet members and public officials at all levels. The codes are expected to set the standards of acceptable behaviour of those elected officials. The ruling party in its vision document titled “Guyana […]
Attorney-at-law and former Magistrate Fazil Azeez was rushed to a city hospital on Saturday where he underwent surgery after being shot in what the police say was a robbery attempt. The police release said Azeez was in the Eccles area when he was held up by a man and shot to his stomach. According to […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic rolled out its plan for developing Guyana at the taxpayer funded Marriott Hotel on Saturday . The “Guyana Version 2.0” plan documents how the party intends to institute several programmes and policies. The pages of the document were occupied with scores of transformational promises and intended policies for economic growth, the […]
The Guyana Defence Force on Saturday said it was forced to call in police investigators following the presence of “a strange substance” found in ration delivered to its stores. In a statement, the Guyana Defence Force said that around 6:30 on Satuday morning, a sealed bag of rice was opened by ration store personnel in order […]
It is believed that a photograph is worth a thousand words. A U.S Citizen was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Friday afternoon with photo albums of cocaine that may be worth a whole lot more. Agents attached to the Narcotics Branch of the Police Force made the Friday afternoon bust just as the […]
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