Year: 2015

Ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) General Secretary Clement Rohee has cautioned party groups and organisers against turning away scores of persons who voted for the Alliance For Change (AFC) at the 2011 elections, but are now expressing a desire to rejoin the ranks of the party. Rohee, in a letter seen by this newspaper said: “It has been brought to our attention that a large number of supporters who voted for the AFC in 2011 are expressing support for the PPP/C.” He said that “a number of these former AFC…

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The Canadian Government is confident that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will deliver free and fair elections come May 11, which will hopefully put an end to the political stalemate in Guyana. This is according to Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr Nicole Giles who was at the time addressing Rotarians at the Rotary Club of New Amsterdam’s Annual World Understanding and Peace Dinner on Saturday at the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce building, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne. Noting that during an election period emotions can easily supersede mutual respect,…

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The Agriculture Ministry, through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), is presently constructing a state-of-the-art pump station to house a high-capacity pump at Lima in Region Two  (Pomeroon-Supenaam) at the cost of Gy$191 million. The multimillion-dollar contract was awarded to Samaroo’s Investment from Hampton Court. During an inspection of the site on Tuesday, Region Two Chairman Parmanand Persaud said that the project is in its initial stages. He said that he was pleased with the pace at which the contractor was executing the work slated to be completed in…

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By Gomatie Gangadin Twenty-three years after beginning operations in Guyana, the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) is pursuing funding for its resuscitation for the upcoming General and Regional Elections, slated to be held on May 11. EAB Chairman, Father Malcolm Rodrigues, in a telephone interview with this newspaper on Friday said the Commission recently held talks with several international development partners to secure funds to have the elections watchdog up and functioning for the elections period. “We are pursuing financing from the International Research Institute (IRI) and from several of the…

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Onlookers in Court Three of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts were left stunned on Monday as a mother of three, who was caught with over 27 pounds of cocaine in 12 crates of boulanger, was sentenced to 56 months imprisonment. In a 2013 Police report, it was stated that 39-year-old Badmattie Persaud was stoical as she was read the charges of drug possession with the purpose of trafficking. However, this was not the case on Monday as tears ran steadily down the defendant’s cheeks on the last day of the trial…

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Former Alliance For Change (AFC) General Secretary Sixtus Edwards has declared that he will be supporting the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration in the upcoming General and Regional Elections slated for May 11. In an interview with this publication, Edwards said he was now putting his support behind the Donald Ramotar Administration and stressed that he had no intentions of returning to the AFC which he described as a party that lacked principles. “I am saying very clearly that I have nothing to do with the AFC!” he declared. Edwards…

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Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday rolled back the years to when he was on the campaign trail, delivering a stinging speech at the ceremony to mark the 18th death anniversary of the founding leader of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Dr Cheddi Jagan, at the Babu Jaan crematorium, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice. Amid thunderous rounds of applause and rousing chants, the crematorium site was transformed into a sea of enthusiasm, as the former Guyanese leader delivered from the stage. His call was in no way different from the line-up…

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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Clement Rohee said the impression that the public was ready for a ‘new face’ in the upcoming General and Regional Election has influenced the party’s decision to replace long-standing Prime Ministerial Candidate Samuel Hinds. Questioned at the party’s weekly press conference on Monday on the criteria used to select Elisabeth Harper, Rohee related that it was a consensus decision based on the expectations of the general public. He even pointed out that the media may have also played a role in the…

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Thirty-six-year-old Vinod Balgobin has been sentenced to 43 years imprisonment after he was found guilty by a 12-member jury panel on Monday for fatally stabbing his wife in a city hotel two years ago. Balgobin, of Lot 316 La Penitence Boulevard, Georgetown, was indicted with the murder of his wife Maryann Sunita Nauth between May 11 and 12, 2013, at the Hotel. State Counsel Teshana Lake prosecuted the matter during which she called some 18 witnesses before Justice Franklyn Holder and the jury panel. Balgobin was represented by Attorney Compton…

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