Year: 2015

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman has questioned the objective of President Donald Ramotar’s refusal to dissolve Parliament after its prorogation late last year. Trotman noted that while there are no legal constraints, it has been the convention for three clear months of campaigning to be made available following the Parliament’s dissolution. According to Trotman, Article 61 of the Constitution specifies that elections be held “within” three months of the dissolution of Parliament. This publication reported on Wednesday that President Donald Ramotar is expected to dissolve Parliament by February…

… APNU Shadow Youth Minister As the political atmosphere intensifies in the face of general and regional elections slated for May 11, the importance of young people casting their ballots cannot be sufficiently emphasised. Political parties, civil society groups, religious bodies and even the elections regulatory body, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have continued their call for youths to be engaged politically by exercising their democratic right come Election Day. The person who most recently expressed these concerns was APNU Shadow Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, Member of Parliament…

– vows to end politics of allegation, race A group of young Guyanese has been mobilised to form the Guyana Youth Movement which they said will be contesting the upcoming May 11 Elections, mainly aimed at encouraging youth involvement in the political sphere. Administrator Robin Singh in an interview with this publication said the movement was initiated with the belief that Guyanese youth were not well represented or being mentored in any way to achieve success. “They (young people) are being told your turn will come…They’re being taught that protest…

– says Amaila Falls Project remains number one priority Reiterating that the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project remains the number one priority of his administration, President Donald Ramotar said he remains hopeful the mega-project would become a reality. Speaking at the commissioning of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) power station at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara on Monday, the President said efforts are being made to restart work on the transformative project before year-end. He said a lot of work has already been done on the project, and he pointed out…

The trial into the murder of former Queen’s College student Neesa Lalita Gopaul continues at the High Court with yet another investigator taking the stand. Police Corporal Floyd Hosannah from the Crime Scene Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Eve Leary, testified on Tuesday that he was among the party of policemen who went to the scene on October 2, 2010, where they found the teen’s body in a suitcase partially submerged in the creek at Emerald Tower Resort, Madewini Creek. He noted that there was a rope holding…