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The Working People’s Alliance (WPA), one of six parties in the opposition coalition, on Tuesday said the hand over control of Guyana’s E-Governance project to a small private company would be scrapped if the opposition wins next month’s general elections. “This 40-year contract is an outrage. It is a theft of state resources in the last days of the PPP/C ...

by Zena Henry In a one-on-one with A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Presidential candidate David Granger, local nurses within state-owned health institutions across the country pleaded for better work conditions, increased salaries and improved skills training once his party comes into government. Granger met with a number of nurses at the Guyana Nurses Association at Alexander ...

by Zena Henry With less than two weeks left for the much anticpated May 11 polls, the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) is set to launch its Code of Conduct for political parties on Tuesday in a bid to regulate the seemingly “out-of-hand” practices taking place on the campaign trail. The list of regulations which is expected to guide politicians’ behaviour during this critical season ...

by Zena Henry Social Activist Sherlina Nageer Monday afternoon asked Crime Chief Leslie James to charge Health Minister Bheri Ramsaran for threats he made about being able to strip and slap her for fun. Nageer was on April 27, accompanied by her lawyer Christopher Ram to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) where the Crime Chief personally took her complaint. The ...

Fed up of waiting 23 years for the incumbent administration to provide quality basic services, many residents of the gold mining township of Bartica are prepared to give the opposition a chance to run Guyana’s affair. In turn, the opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU) is promising better health care, reliable electricity, proper roads, ...

Three months after the wife of a well-known city businessman’s wife was gunned down in front of her house, a man was Monday arraigned on a charge of murder. Thirty-four year old Richard Stanton of Princes Street, Lodge is accused of the murder of Patricia Sanasie on January 12, 2015 at Atlantic Gardens,  East Coast Demerara.  He was not required ...

by Zena Henry Despite claiming days earlier that the incident between Health Minister Bheri Ramsaran and social activist, Sherlina Nageer was “blown out of proportion” the People’s Progressive Party/Civic said Monday, April 27, that it has reprimanded its party candidate for statements he made. During an exchange with the Minister and the female activist, who challenged him on his performance ...

by Zena Henry The Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) says that Guyanese have been deprived of added assurance regarding the controversial voters list now that the agency has aborted a limited test exercise that would have challenged the integrity of the roll. With some two weeks left before General Elections, the testing activity would have served to ease the minds of ...

by Zena Henry ‘Girl power’ was the theme when some within the local aviation’s female community gathered last week for an event that ended up solidifying the need for a ‘Women in Aviation’ Guyana Chapter to address the many issues they face in this industry. The event was meant for senior and experienced female aviation stalwart, Captain Beverly Drake to ...

Days after raising fears that the integrity of the military and police would be compromised if the opposition, dominated by ex senior military and police leaders, is victorious at upcoming elections,  Former President Bharrat Jagdeo Sunday night appealed to servicemen to vote for his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). Addressing a large rally at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara on Sunday, ...