The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) was late Sunday night expected to declare the results of its internal elections for at least four top posts including leader for which incumbent leader Aubrey Norton is expected to be declared winner, Congress Administrator Sherwyn Benjamin said. PNCR member, Mervyn Williams said the last vote was cast at 8:38 p.m., marking the close ...
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OPINION: Nigel Hughes passed the first post; he has two bigger ones looming
by GHK Lall Nigel Hughes has cleared the first hurdle. He has got some others coming his way, and they promise to test him in so many ways. His maneuvering skills, backroom strengths, broad-based appeal, and starting to deliver on some of what he has made his heartfelt positions will all be subjected to grueling challenges. How much staying power ...
Read More »Nigel Hughes will not leave law firm now, despite conflict of interest concerns with oil sector
Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Sunday said he would not break ties from his law firm – Hughes, Fields and Stoby – which represents ExxonMobil unless he is elected to the government. “No, no! This issue really only arises if and when I become President or acquire a position of power because, then, I’m in ...
Read More »Oil money for all Guyanese must be done by law – Hughes
Newly-elected Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Nigel Hughes on Saturday said his party wants a law passed for all Guyanese to get direct cash transfers from oil revenues rather than cash grants that appear to be political handouts. “I’m proposing that we abolish immediately the liberty of giving government ministers or politicians, whether the opposition or government, the right to ...
Read More »BREAKING: Nigel Hughes elected new AFC leader; Patterson new Chairman; Trotman returns
The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday voted in well-known Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes as its new leader and Quantity Surveyor David Patterson as its new Chairman in landslide victories against their rivals. Mr Hughes won 149 votes to crush Sherod Duncan’s 62 for the leadership of that party, while Mr Patterson secured 150 votes against Juretha Fernandes’ 69 to take ...
Read More »OPINION: Like Drs. Ali and Jagdeo, Mr. Norton promises much; they haven’t delivered; he must
By GHK Lall The man of the moment is Mr. Aubrey C. Norton. His mantle is to be the man for the times ahead. On a surge of support from his comrades, an almost unanimous verdict is his to run with, in the course that he charts. I say almost because there were those notable absences that spoke so much ...
Read More »PNCR promises youths money-for-training, “significant” cost of living grant
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Friday promised that 50,000 youths would receive GY$50,000 monthly while they are being trained to create employment if that party is elected to office in next year’s general and regional elections. “We intend, in government, to execute our 50/50 youth programme, in which we will give 50,000 youths $50,000 a month while training ...
Read More »BREAKING: High Court refuses to block holding of PNCR Congress
Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday dismissed applications for injunctions to block the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) from holding its internal elections for leader and members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC). “I am not satisfied that there is enough evidence to suspend or to injunct the holding of the Congress,” she said. The Notice of Application has no merit, ...
Read More »Forde, Walton-Desir “suspend” campaign for PNCR leadership
Attorneys-at-Law Roysdale Forde and Amanza Walton-Desir, who accepted nominations for the position of leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) suspended their campaign citing massive irregularities, on the eve of the start of their party’s three-day congress slated for June 28 to 30. Their announcement came hours before the High Court was Friday due to consider applications for injunctions ...
Read More »CCJ throws out Gaskin’s case for all three co-venturers to have separate permits
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday ruled that only Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, now known as ExxonMobil Guyana, needed a permit for the Liza 1 project rather than also its co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC Guyana. The applicant, Ramon Gaskin, had contended that each of the three companies ought to have applied for and obtained permits. He had ...
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