A dispute has broken out over the appointment of an Administrative Manager for Hope Coconut Industries Limited, with the Chairman of the Board Iamei Aowmathi over-ruling a decision by Agriculture Minister Noel Holder. Moments after the appointee, Aseef Balmacoon, was told again by Aowmathi to leave his office, he made an impassioned plea for President David Granger to intervene in ...
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Crime Chief explains delay in Westford alleged fraud matter
The Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Wendell Blanhum on Monday explained the reason behind the prolonged delay in deciding whether former Public Service Minister Dr. Jennifer Westford would be charged with allegedly defrauding government of millions of dollars. Westford’s then Principal Personnel Officer, Margaret Cummings, is also the subject of the probe that began earlier this year. Blanhum told ...
Read More »Put police promotions on hold- Rohee
General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee wants the impending promotions of several officers within the Guyana Police Force (GPF) be placed on hold. Rohee at a Monday morning press conference berated the manner in which the police force is currently being directed by politicians and urged that officer with pending matters before disciplinary bodies not be ...
Read More »ACDA pledges vigilance on new govt; involvement in choosing local govt candidates
Though elated that the coalition has been voted into government, the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) on Saturday pledged to be vigilant and hoped to have a say in candidates for upcoming local government elections. Delivering the Kwanzaa Message, ACDA Executive Member, Elton McRae believed that most attendees voted for the A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change ...
Read More »“Ramjattan must go,” has no idea what to do about crime – PPP’s Cornel Damon
In a heated maiden presentation in the House of Assembly, opposition member Cornel Damon not only announced his vision for former President Bharrat Jagdeo to be returned to the Presidency, but he also called for Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan to go, claiming that the security head had no idea what to do with the surge in crime. Damon ...
Read More »Joey Jagan endorses APNU+AFC; says Jagdeo is the ‘coolie bully of politics’ ; welcomes ex-military in politics
by Zena Henry With seven days left to General polls son of former President Dr. Cheddi Jagan has come out in full support of A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU +AFC) Coalition, and has urged all Guyanese to vote for the opposition party. Addressing media operatives at his dental office located at Charlotte Street, Jagan endorsed the ...
Read More »PPP, AFC+APNU compete for hearts and minds on sugar, Jaganite politics
The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Sunday competed with the opposition coalition for space over the future of the ailing sugar industry and credibility surrounding the Jaganite brand of politics. Against the backdrop of A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) promising that it would not close the sugar industry but it would be revived and the ...
Read More »Ramkarran rules out returning to active politics
Former senior member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ralph Ramkarran is currently not interested in returning to active politics, in the wake of expectations that he might endorse the opposition coalition. “I can’t predict that now. It will be a sea-change for me to have to change my mind to do something that I have not planned to do,” ...
Read More »Opposition coalition plans to end racially divisive politics, improve living standards
The opposition coalition on Wednesday officially launched its campaign for the May 11, 2015 general elections, pledging to end racially divisive politics for the first time since the 1950s and root out corruption, crime and bad governance. Addressing a packed audience at the Pegasus Hotel, Prime Ministerial candidate Moses Nagamootoo said that after the 60 years Guyana was making another ...
Read More »AFC calls for end to “narrow” race, party politics as coalition talks deadline nears
With less than two weeks to go before Guyanese will know whether the opposition would be uniting to contest the general elections in May, the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday called for an end to narrow party and race politics. “This mission can no longer be delayed and must not be hampered by narrow personal, ethnic or partisan interest, ...
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