By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2019
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Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge is in the United States and yesterday he met and held discussions with the US Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan. According to the US State Department, the two leaders commended the strength of the U.S.-Guyana partnership, and Deputy Secretary Sullivan affirmed Guyana’s sovereign rights and jurisdiction within its Exclusive […]
By News Source Guyana on January 23, 2019
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Submissions and arguments in the Ram vs Attorney General no-confidence motion case were completed today and Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire has indicated that she will hand down her decision on the 31st January. The case was brought against the Attorney General and the Speaker of the National Assembly by Attorney and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, […]
By News Source Guyana on January 22, 2019
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The Largest party in the coalition government, the People’s National Congress is making it clear that President David Granger will be the Coalition’s Presidential Candidate for the next elections. Mr. Granger is also the Leader of the People’s National Congress and Chairman of the APNU. In a statement, PNC General Secretary Amna Ally said the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 21, 2019
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As the dust settles following the election of Irfaan Ali to lead the People’s Progressive Party into the next elections, two of the former hopefuls for the same position have revealed that they preferred Anil Nandlall for the top spot. In Facebook posts this evening, both Dr. Frank Anthony and Dr. Vindhya Persaud revealed that […]
By News Source Guyana on January 21, 2019
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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo does not plan to step away from that position anytime soon and has indicated that he takes his job seriously as General Secretary. In an interview on Saturday just after the PPP elected Irfaan Ali as its Presidential Candidate, Mr. Jagdeo said one of his tasks […]
By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2019
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The Opposition People’s Progressive Party may find itself doing damage control in the coming days as part of its efforts to support its Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali. There has been a firestorm of criticism on social media about the party’s central committee election of Ali to lead the PPP into the next elections. Many of […]
By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2019
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Before departing Cuba for Guyana on Saturday, President David Granger met with and held discussions with Cuban President, Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez. According to a statement from the Guyana Embassy in Cuba, the discussions covered several areas, including relations between Guyana and Cuba and the United States and Cuba. “President Diaz Canel pointed out that […]
By News Source Guyana on January 20, 2019
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Newly elected PPP Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, said he is “extremely humbled” with the party’s decision to pick him to lead it into the next election. Speaking with reporters outside Freedom House, hours after his election, the former Housing and Water Minister said his election shows that his party believes in youth and experience. He […]
By News Source Guyana on January 18, 2019
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With just two weeks remaining before the deadline date for applications for the Government’s Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme, the Central Housing and Planning Authority has decided to take the programme to the people, in an effort to get more people to apply. Today, the officials from the Department were in the Stabroek market […]
By News Source Guyana on January 18, 2019
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While not wanting to divulge details of the probe, Police Commissioner Leslie James on Friday morning said that the probe of former Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud is related to the movement of gold out of Guyana and bribery. Persaud left Guyana for Canada, the morning after he voted along with the Opposition against his […]