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Rohee: Jagdeo petition with PPP Executive
NEWS of a petition in support of a slot for former president, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, on the ruling Party’s leadership ticket has reached the ruling People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Executive Committee....
View ArticleRohee underscores… Doubts over ‘basic principles, tenets, pillars’ of...
OPPORTUNISM, a betrayal of principles, a power-hungry show and doubt were terms used by General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Mr Clement Rohee, to characterise the union between...
View ArticleAG charges… Bar Association misled in concluding that President ‘acted in error’
ATTORNEY-General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, yesterday brought to the public’s attention what he felt was an “embarrasing faux pas” on the part of the Guyana Bar Association....
View ArticleHealth alert… How to prevent contracting measles, mumps and rubella
THE Ministry of Health (MoH) has intensified efforts to prevent the reintroduction of measles into Guyana, following the outbreak of this infectious disease in the United States of America and in other...
View Article13 entries received for Road March competition
WITH new artistes expressing their interest, about 13 entries have been registered for the Mashramani 2015 Road March competition. To compete, an entry must be an original Guyanese composition in any...
View ArticleSurujbally appeals to media to be responsible in their reporting – declares...
GUYANA Elections Commission Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally yesterday issued a stirring appeal to the media to be responsible in their reporting, while demanding that the “dotishness” appearing in some...
View ArticleMonitors for MMU selected – Dr Surujbally – US$100,000 funding secured
REVIEWS of election coverage in the media by the Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) are expected to commence within two weeks, according to Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve...
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Lent begins; worshippers turn out for Ash Wednesday observance
“REMEMBER you are dust and to dust you will return,” these were the words uttered as ashes were applied to the foreheads of thousands of worshippers across Guyana, as both young and old turned out in...
View ArticleDr Luncheon… PPP/C not only respects diversity; it also nurtures it
HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon is most emphatic that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) does not just respect diversity, but also nurtures it.Speaking on the...
View ArticlePensioner, two sons busted with illegal guns
A mechanic and his two sons were late yesterday arrested and taken into custody by ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department out of Eve Leary after a search of their home found that they were in...
View ArticleGECOM ensuring legal compliance ‘every step of the way’ – Lowenfield
THE Official List of Electors (OLE) is likely to be published by April 13, while the Revised List of Electors (RLE), following the end of the ongoing Claims and Objections period, could possibly be...
View ArticleMeasures put in place to address challenges in health sector – HPS...
THE performance of the health sector remains a priority for Cabinet, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, noting that Cabinet sub-committees monitor several sectors...
View ArticleOn Election Day…. Polling places, staff will be sufficient – Chief Elections...
THE final number of polling places could be affected by the number of eligible voters on the Official List of Electors (OLE), according to Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield.The Guyana...
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Media/GECOM sign MCC
After nearly two days of intense deliberation, an agreed Media Code of Conduct (MCC) that will serve as a guide to the conduct of media operatives and media houses during the 2015 National and Regional...
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Rodney COI hears… 1980s Police, Court records are fabrications, concoctions...
POLICE trial records, and published accounts of the June 13, 1980 explosion that killed Dr. Walter Rodney and its related events, were all rejected as concoctions, fabrications and outright falsehood,...
View ArticleCalls made to reduce price for beverages, other commodities –in light of...
PRIVATE Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman Ramesh Persaud says the Commission will be analysing the impact of the 10 percent reduction in electricity rates before it makes a definitive appeal to...
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Brother tells hearing… Walter Rodney explosion ‘no accident’ –he was not...
THE PUBLIC hearings into the June 13, 1980 bomb explosion that killed Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) Leader, Dr. Walter Rodney resumed yesterday with the lone survivor and witness to the fatal incident...
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MoU signed among law enforcement agencies –in crackdown on illegal...
HEADS of four key law enforcement agencies involved in the fight against cross-border crime on Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on an Agreed Standard Operational Procedures Document...
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Political commentator David De Groot dies after brief illness
MR . DAVID De Groot, member of the Board of Directors of the Guyana National Newspapers Ltd, died early yesterday at the Balwant Singh Hospital, on East Street here in the city, following a period of...
View ArticleCDB reports… Guyana debt-to-GDP ratio among Caribbean’s lowest
GUYANA’S debt-to-GDP ratio is among the lowest in the Caribbean, according to a report just released by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).The report indicates that Guyana’s debt ratio amounts to...
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