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by Kurt Campbell President David Granger has expressed satisfaction with the performance of his coalition government as it observes its first year in office. Today, May 11, 2016, marked exactly one year after Guyanese voted in General Elections which ended the 22 year rule of the People’s Progressive Party and resulted in the election of the […]
Three months after the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report was received by the government, it has finally been handed over to House Speaker Dr. Barton Scotland to be properly laid in the National Assembly. The Report was presented even as the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was preparing to bring a Motion before the […]
Despite some early morning showers, Guyana marked its inaugural Social Cohesion Day with a national prayer ceremony at the Durban Park. The day is being observed exactly one year after Guyanese voted in General Elections which ended the PPP’s 22 year rule and resulted in the election of the six party APNU+AFC government. President David […]
President David Granger and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and for the Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories, Ambassador Jernej Videtič on Monday gave their commitment to the strengthening of relations between Guyana and the EU. The commitment was exchanged at a celebratory reception, which was held to observe […]
The opposition People’s Progressive party (PPP) on Monday dismissed media reports, which claimed that Party executives were divided amidst an internal struggle for top positions. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said the report, which appeared in the Stabroek News, was speculative and viewed by the party with “utter disgust”. “The PPP remains united and strong […]
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the fiery deaths of 17 Camp Street Prison inmates wrapped up its public hearings on Monday. The conclusion of hearings saw only one Attorney making an oral submission while Social Activist Mark Benschop staged a one man protest outside. None of the Attorneys representing the inmates were present at […]
Social activist and former treason accused, Mark Benschop, on Monday morning staged a one man protest outside the Public Service Department, where the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry was wrapping up its public hearings. Benschop’s protest is in response to the Commission indicating to him that his testimony would have been taken in-camera, away from […]
Residents of Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven), on Saturday, braved the rain to witness Bartica’s inaugural township celebration, a historic event for the 185-year-old community. President David Granger, First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, Minister of Communities, Mr. […]
Social Activist, Mark Benschop, who served five years in the Camp Street jail on a trumped-up treason charge under the PPP government, on Friday refused to testify at the ongoing Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry after he was told that his testimony would not be taken in the presence of members of the public and press. […]
by Kurt Campbell The delayed relocation of scores of vendors from outside the Stabroek Market and it’s environs will begin tomorrow Saturday. Officials from the Georgetown Mayor and City Council met with the disgruntled vendors on Friday where the information was communicated. The City Council had begun cleaning the area last weekend but it’s plan […]
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