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Monthly Archives: April 2015

PPP defends “family and friends” list of candidates

Last Updated on Monday, 13 April 2015, 20:23 by GxMedia The incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP)  and the opposition coalition have locked horns over the ruling party including several families on its list of candidates for next month’s general and regional elections. The coaition of a A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has labeled the PPP-Civic’s list ...

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GT&T rejects PUC’s denial of domestic phone rates

Last Updated on Monday, 13 April 2015, 17:35 by GxMedia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Radha Krishna Sharma is dissapointed by  issued the Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) rejection of the company’s recent request for an increase in domestic rates for the first time in 10 years, saying the country has lost an opportunity for ...

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Guns, ammo seized; two arrested

Last Updated on Monday, 13 April 2015, 14:56 by GxMedia Two guns and several rounds of ammunition were seized in just over five hours by police at separate locations. In the first instance, at about 8PM Sunday April 12, 2015, while conducting investigations into a report of threats, the police recovered an unlicensed .32 pistol along with 17 rounds at ...

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Lethem businessman reportedly beaten by army men

Last Updated on Monday, 13 April 2015, 0:51 by GxMedia By Janelle Persaud  A trader in Lethem is hospitalised after he was allegedly beaten by a group of persons believed to be members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) stationed in the border community. The man, identified as Melvin Shewprasad, says he is himself a former member of the defence ...

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Suriname apologises to Guyana over police fracas inside embassy

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 April 2015, 4:09 by GxMedia Suriname has apologized to Guyana for the attempted arrest of an employee of the Guyanese  embassy and the assault of Ambassador Keith George in violation of international law, according to the Foreign Ministry here. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform that the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign ...

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APNU+AFC accused of planning to militarize Guyana

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 April 2015, 3:39 by GxMedia Just hours after Former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best announced his endorsement of the opposition coalition, the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) warned that a plan was afoot to militarize Guyana. Addressing an election campaign rally at Bartica, Public Works Minister Robeson ...

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Blue CAPS launches manifesto, ‘Keep it Clean’ campaign

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 April 2015, 19:59 by GxMedia The non-governmental organisation, Blue CAPS, on Saturday called for an end to “cuss out” politics, even as it launched its own manifesto of demands that it intends to press the new government to address. “We decided that we will a proactive step and generate what we believe is an organic ...

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Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best endorses APNU+AFC coalition as “best” party to run Guyana

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 April 2015, 18:23 by GxMedia Former Chief-of-Staff  of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best on Saturday endorse the opposition coalition for next month’s general and regional elections, saying that it offers the best chance of the country being governed properly. “I wish to go on record as endorsing the APNU-AFC coalition ...

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PNCR supporters in Linden focussing on opposition victory

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 April 2015, 17:08 by GxMedia People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) supporters in Region 10 have decided to put their concerns aside about the exclusion of several persons from being opposition coalition’s candidates for next month’s general elections, according to sources. The sources said a meeting slated for Saturday under the chairmanship of regional campaign coordinator, ...

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Relief operation underway for drought-stricken Rupununi, Region One

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 April 2015, 9:54 by GxMedia Authorities are preparing to rush relief supplies of water and food to drought-stricken Rupununi and parts of the Barima-Waini (Region One), government said Friday. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) would be coordinating efforts to source and distribute water to the hard-hit ...

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