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Guyana’s first mass-based political party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is 75 years old today. The PPP was formed on 1 January 1950 with the merger of Forbes Burnham’s British Guiana Labour Party and the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) which was co-founded by Dr. Cheddi Jagan, Mrs. Janet Jagan, Mr. Ashton Chase and Mr. Jocelyn Hubbard. Mr Burnham was the ...

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