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Daily Archives: Sunday, 29 September 2019, 19:19

Homes, farms, livestock under high tide floods in Region 5

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 September 2019, 21:27 by Writer Release from the Civil Defence Commission: The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) received reports of flooding in the Mahaica-West Berbice Region (Region 5). The floods are as a result of above-normal high tides predicted at approximately 3.31 meters. The effects of the tides have been exacerbated by a breach in the ...

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MAPM’s Gaskin says no talks yet with PPP; “independence”, “change” are key

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 September 2019, 17:18 by Writer The Mass Action People’s Movement’s (MAPM) Marcel Gaskin on Sunday said he has so far not held any talks with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) or the Civic component but he did not rule out joining the Civic in certain conditions. Gaskin said those conditions include having a certain ...

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Fallout in MAPM after top activists eye PPP’s Civic

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 September 2019, 17:09 by Writer There has been a fallout in the Mass Action People’s Movement (MAPM) after two leading activists, Don Singh and Marcel Gaskin, appeared poised to join the Civic component of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP). Gaskin told Demerara Waves Online News that it was “regrettable” that he was not contacted ...

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GECOM’s new Claims and Objections method is “backdoor” attempt to remove names from voters list, flouts laws – former House Speaker

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 September 2019, 12:12 by Writer Former House Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran on Sunday said the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) request for all persons on the preliminary voters’ list to self-verify their existence by going to commission outposts with their registration records flouts the constitution, laws and the High Court. “It is clear that the intention behind ...

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Leading MAPM activists join PPP’s Civic

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 September 2019, 11:05 by Writer Two leading architects and activists of the Mass Action People’s Movement (MAPM), an organisation that originally opposed the introduction of parking meters in Georgetown, have decided to join the loosely-knit Civic component of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP). Don Singh confirmed that he and Marcel Gaskin have decided to ...

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WPA brands cash transfer gov’t critics “ignars”; calls on Granger to clarify position

Last Updated on Monday, 30 September 2019, 7:32 by Writer Working People’s Alliance co-leader, Economics Professor, Clive Thomas has labelled as “ignars” those in government who have rebuffed his proposed transfer of 10 percent after-tax oil revenues to households. Professor Thomas has proposed that by 2025 when Guyana’s oil production soars to about 1 million to 2.5 million barrels per ...

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OPINION: New Claims and Objections method: A recipe for confusion and disenfranchisement

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 September 2019, 11:22 by Writer By Frantz Bollers The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will for the first time, come October 1, 2019, embark on a system of self-verification of the names of all persons on the preliminary voters list. The onus now is on the voter to produce his/her records to GECOM during the claims ...

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OPINION: Even good news means nothing, only election news does

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 September 2019, 10:54 by Writer By GHK Lall Guyanese have neither time nor interest for any news, other than elections news. Good news, encouraging news, is wasted on us. Place it before them and heads and backs turn away. Even the government has lost focus (and its marbles) in the hysterias of a most scorching ...

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