Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), seemingly willing to go ahead with local government elections under the old system, is opposed to the proposed Local Government Commission. “The Local Government Commission is a parallel government system and so we don’t agree with the proposals,” the plenary session of the just concluded ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia President and PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar has garnered the most votes in the election of the members of the party’s Central Committee with his predecessor Bharrat Jagdeo coming in second. The results were released on Sunday as the PPP’s 30th Congress ended at Port Mourant, East Berbice. The 10 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A light Cessna aircraft skidded off the Aishalton airstrip on landing and crashed into a fence Friday but the authorities appeared unaware of the incident. Reports are that around 4pm Friday , the aircraft , a Cessna U206A , bearing United States registration N6HQ,  was shuttling between Aishaton and Gunn’s Strip in the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Delegates at the Peoples Progressive Party’s  (PPP) 30th Congress will Sunday know who will be in charge of their affairs for the next three years when results in Saturday’s voting are known. It was not immediately clear how many delegates voted in the party’s poll held at the JC Chandisingh ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Delegates of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday urged their party to overhaul the General Registrar’s Office (GRO) because of the opposition was being given preference in getting birth certificates to register on the voters’ list. In reporting to the plenary session on the Political Situation, Shyam Nokta observed ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia In the face of a rusty political machinery among ordinary people, the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) also wants its Civic component to become more involved in political work. That was one of the recommendations of the committee that discussed Party Organising at the 30th PPP Congress that entered its ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Police were Saturday morning probing an alleged murder-suicide involving a man and his wife at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. Dead are Angela Richmond and Ryan James. James, a former soldier, allegedly clobbered his wife with a hammer before drinking poison. A subsequent police release stated that Richmond’s body bore multiple ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia As delegates to the Peoples Progressive Party’s (PPP) 30th Congress prepare to Saturday discuss parliament and elections, President Donald Ramotar says the tattered organisational machinery that led to the party losing its parliamentary majority must be fixed. Delivering the General Secretary’s Report at the August 2-4 event being held at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Two Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officers and a security agent attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were Friday refused bail for allegedly conspiring with others to ship 11.4 kilos of cocaine via the airport last weekend. It is alleged that on Saturday July 27, the trio , Anthony ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana’s governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Friday opened its 30th Congress at Port Mourant, Corentyne, leaving middle-level leaders to stridently signal that fresh elections could be on the horizon to resolve 21-month long political gridlock. Chairman of the PPP’s Region Six branch, Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo highlighted that the one-seat ...