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Flooding
In this week’s edition of What the People Say, residents of Berbice commented on issues affecting them and about the recent flooding due to heavy rainfall and what the councils in Regions Five and Six could do to help the situation.
What Lindeners say about:Priorities for the new regional council
The 7th council of the Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 was installed last week and a new Chairman and Vice Chairman were elected to serve.
The garbage situation
This week we asked the man and woman in the street their thoughts on the build up of garbage around the city and what roles they think citizens should play in rectifying this problem.
What the new MPs say about… Their expectations
This week we asked new parliamentarians how they felt after their first session and what are their expectations for the life of the 10th parliament.
What police need to do on crime
This week on What the People Say Berbicians commented on what they would like the new Police commander of the division to do to help fight crime and make Berbice a safer place.
Who should be Guyana’s ‘Person of the Year’
Time Magazine has named ‘The Protestor’ as its ‘Person of the Year’ an accolade it bestows at the end of each year on a deserving person.
Their voting experience
This week we asked the man and woman in the street about their voting experience on November 28 at their respective polling stations and their views on the results of general and regional elections.
The elections result
The result of the general elections was announced by the Guyana Elections Commission on Thursday and saw PPP/C Presidential candidate Donald Ramotar being sworn in as president of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on Saturday.
Christmas plans
Photos and interviews by Abigail Semple and Frances Abraham Denita Wills- Public Sector: `At the moment, I’m just preparing in terms of cleaning.
Issues for the political campaign
This week we asked the man and woman in the street in Georgetown to give their views on what the political parties should be focusing on during the elections campaign.
The campaign season
As campaigning for the upcoming national and regional elections continues countrywide, we asked residents of Linden how they felt about the process thus far.
The upcoming elections
This week on What the People Say we asked members of the public: Are you excited about the elections? What should be the number one issue to be addressed? Here are their responses: [caption id="attachment_155469" align="alignright" width="135" caption="Shonette Simon"][/caption]Shonette Simon, salesperson, `I am not excited about the elections at all because this is the third elections season I’m a part of and I’ve never seen such gimmicks.
What the people of Bartica say about…
This week we asked residents of Bartica to share with us concerns and views about their township.
The president’s labelling of some journalists as carrion crows, vultures
This week we asked the man and woman in the street their opinion of President Bharrat Jagdeo’s description of some media workers as carrion crows and vultures.
The elections
Photos and interviews by Francis Abraham and Marcelle Thomas This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they are excited now that the date of elections has been announced and if they will be voting.