Politics

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA), to mark the 42nd assassination anniversary of its co-leader Dr Walter Rodney, pledged its commitment to help create an organised national movement to resist the “dictatorship” and create a new political order based on power-sharing. “Such a movement should be multi-party, multi-racial and multi-class. WPA is prepared to help build that movement. Our objective in ...

Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan was Saturay reelected Leader of the Alliance For Change with120 Votes. His lone rival David Patterson mustered 74. Mr Patterson did not contest for any other post. The Alliance For Change is holding its national conference on Saturday. Suceeding Mr Raphael Trotman as Chairma, is Cathy Hughes with 98 who beat Juretha Fernandes’ 85. There was one ...

Former President David Granger and a number of his key political allies were seen at former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) General Secretary, Amna Ally’s birthday celebration. Neither current leader Aubrey Norton nor any of his known PNCR internal allies were seen in the several pictures that were posted by Ganesh Mahipaul, a Central Executive member and A Partnership for ...

Co-founder of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman will for the first time not be contesting any position at the upcoming National Conference, but incumbent General Secretary David Patterson is vying for only one position – Leader.| When the National Conference is held on June 11, Mr. Paterson will be coming up against co-founder Khemraj Ramjattan for the position ...

The International Monetary Fund  (IMF) is warning Guyana against spending rapidly on public investment projects because this can have severe economic consequences. “Staff urge caution in determining the pace of ramping up public investment. While pressing development challenges still face the country, a large surge in public investment could add inflationary pressure, affect competitiveness of the non-oil economy, lead to ...

The United Kingdom is boasting increasing trade with Guyana, making this oil-rich nation its single largest trading partner in the Caribbean British High Commissioner to Guyana Jane Miller said Thursday night.  Addressing the Queen’s Birthday Party, she said total trade between the UK and Guyana last year amounted to 560 million pounds sterling (approximately US$703,769,568), representing 21.6 percent of all ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is poised to consider whether it would withdraw from the coalition with its larger partner, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), officials said Wednesday. AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan declined to go into details but said his party’s National Conference would be doing so as part of a ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday afternoon swore in three of the four members of the Police Service Commission (PSC), just over one hour after Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton threatened to take legal action if government went ahead and did so without the completion of consultations. Those taking the oath of office were businessman Ernesto Choo-a-Fat, Attorney-at-Law Lloyd Mark Conway, and ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday refused to hold a second round of in-person consultations with President Irfaan Ali, saying he was busy and he has not received the basis for appointments to several commissions. “In any event, if my schedule did permit me to attend, I draw to your attention that I am not yet in receipt of the ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday encouraged part-time government employees to take up opportunities to become qualified, even as the administration appeared poised to allow foreigners to take up jobs in the booming oil-related economy. “I hope that all of you, who are going to work on the programme, you see this as a stepping stone for something bigger, not ...