Voters need teaching –parties urge GECOM
The incumbent PPP/C yesterday expressed dissatisfaction with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s voter education programme ahead of the November 28 polls, and urged that the body improve on its efforts especially in targeting first time voters. However, a GECOM source indicated that the Commission has had its voter education campaign severely hampered by the late [...]
Candidates make their case to UG
The four presidential candidates yesterday presented their visions for overhauling the education sector, creating jobs and ensuring unity if successful at the November 28 polls, at a University of Guyana (UG) forum that ended abruptly during the scheduled question and answer session. APNU candidate David Granger was the clear favourite among the capacity crowd that [...]
Distracted by Roger Khan, Felix failed to control crime -Teixeira
Former Home Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira yesterday accused former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix of failing to control the crime spree during his tenure at the helm of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), saying he was diverted by a very narrow focus on now convicted drug lord Roger Khan. “…I am convinced as the minister [...]
Gov’t flayed over sharing of flood relief from PPP Lethem office
Opposition parties APNU and the AFC are clashing with the ruling PPP/C administration over the distribution of flood relief to Lethem residents over the weekend– with the opposition parties accusing the ruling party of “elections bribery”. The PPP/C on Sunday held a public meeting in Lethem and reports are the PPP/C’s regional headquarters was utilized [...]
APNU leaders promise Buxton healing, reconciliation, justice
In sharp contrast to the atmosphere that greeted the PPP/C on Thursday night, the residents of Buxton last evening warmly embraced opposition coalition APNU whose leaders promised that a David Granger led administration will ensure that the village experiences the healing, reconciliation and justice that it yearns for. Describing the village as one of the [...]
Ensure Buxton mayhem never repeated – Teixeira urges villagers
Facing a somewhat hostile reception last evening in Buxton, senior PPP/C member Gail Teixeira expressed remorse at the crime spree that gripped the village a few years ago and called on villagers to ensure that it is never repeated in Guyana. “We regret what happened in Buxton and we say here on the PPP/C platform [...]
Seven parties submit lists for polls
Seven political parties yesterday handed over their lists of candidates to contest the November 28 elections. The parties, which presented their lists to Chief Election Officer Gocool Boodoo at City Hall, were: the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), The United Force (TUF), East Berbice Development Association (EBDA), the Alliance For Change (AFC), A Partnership for National [...]
Policies, not posters will decide elections – Granger
With just over a month before elections, presidential candidate for opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger believes that his policies are what set him apart from the other candidates, especially that of the incumbent PPP/C, which he says faces greater resentment now than in past years. “In terms of policy, no [...]
Nagamootoo quits PPP
Describing it as the most difficult decision in his life, Moses Nagamootoo yesterday resigned as a member of the PPP, saying that he had lost faith in its current leadership. Nagamootoo, who has been associated with the party for more than 50 years, said the decision signalled a new beginning for him but he stopped [...]
Amaila hydro plant will not lower power costs, says AFC’s Khemraj
Constructing the Amaila Falls hydropower plant at a cost of US$835 million will not reduce the cost consumers have to pay for electricity and may not be the answer to the country’s energy needs, the AFC’s economic advisor Dr Tarron Khemraj says. “Given the demand for electricity in Guyana right now, if they build a [...]
Sharma ban lifted
President Bharrat Jagdeo last evening announced that he will be temporarily lifting his four month suspension of CNS Channel 6 until December 1 saying that he does not want the opposition parties to have any excuse for the “resounding defeat” that awaits them at the November 28 polls. The announcement came as Jagdeo addressed a [...]
‘I am not a political grasshopper’ says Joseph Hamilton
Joseph Hamilton says his decision to join the PPP/C is testimony to the evolving nature of politics and has nothing to do with him being a ‘political grasshopper’ or political opportunist but rather because he believes that the PPP/C is the soundest political entity in Guyana. “I believe that we have to reach the stage [...]
Calls mount for lifting of CNS TV suspension
Sharing one platform last evening, several groups called on President Bharrat Jagdeo to revoke the four-month suspension handed out to CNS Channel 6 owner CN Sharma before the elections date is announced. The groups also called for an agreement between the
Gov’t shelves laws for open telecoms sector
The government yesterday failed to deliver on its promise to liberalise the telecommunications sector during the life of the Ninth Parliament, with the deferral of two bills it said was critical to the process. The decision against proceeding with the Telecom-munications Bill 2011 and the Public Utilities Commission (Amendment) Bill 2011, which had been expected [...]
Parliament votes against criminalizing wilful HIV transmission
The National Assembly has voted against a controversial motion which sought to institute legislation to hold persons criminally responsible for wilfully infecting others with HIV. The motion, which was moved by GAP/ROAR MP Everall Franklin, emerged from select committee yesterday, after spending more than a year there. Chairman of the Select Committee, Health Minister Dr [...]