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…such calls are “irresponsible, dangerous” – PPP/C …Private Sector Chair also expresses concern A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) politicians are being called out for their comments on the campaign trail after People’s National Congress (PNC) Chair Volda Lawrence called for supporters to mobilise on and stand watch at polling stations on election night – March 2. Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has since labelled the call as irresponsible. The comments were made by Lawrence during a rally at the Kitty Market Square, Georgetown on Sunday. She went on to…

A Partnership For National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) held a public meeting with supporters in the Kitty Market Square, Georgetown, on Sunday evening where they urged supporters to give them another chance despite the admittance of unfulfilled manifesto promises. Addressing the gathering, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence admitted that there is still much to be done on the part of the Government. As she told the gathering of coalition supporters, however, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. Lawrence urged persons to go on and vote on Elections Day – March…

For almost five years, the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition Administration failed multiple times to include young people in the plans for Guyana’s future, and ensured that the older generation were placed in seats of power. This is according to Opposition Leader and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo, who told hundreds of party supporters at Lien Ken-Pen Square, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) on Sunday, that unlike the current Government, the PPP/Civic has over 50 young persons included on its list of candidates…

A 55-year-old was jailed for six months on Wednesday after he admitted to slapping his reputed wife during an argument. Wayne Johnson, a labourer of Waterloo Street, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to two charges. He admitted that on January 17 at North Road, Georgetown, he unlawfully and maliciously assaulted Carlann Smith. The man, however, denied that on the same day, he made use of threatening language towards Smith. In court on Wednesday, the Virtual Complainant said that she is tired of…

…on elections rigging To those who hoped the PNC could be weaned away from their old politricks to hold on to power by any means necessary, Volda Lawrence’s latest outburst must’ve popped THAT bubble!! Lawrence is the Chairman of the PNC – a most strategic position, for which she’d beaten out that other ambitious conniver, Basil Williams and even the heir apparent Joseph Harmon. They didn’t cry “RIGGING!!” as Aubrey Norton had done a decade before when she beat him out for the Georgetown District Chair!! Norton, of course, was…

…as 1M barrels of oil depart Guyana for the US   The first million barrels of Guyana’s oil has been lifted, loaded and has departed Guyana’s shores, with the Energy Department confirming that representatives of Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) were on hand to scrutinise the process. In a statement on Tuesday, the Department of Energy announced that oil tanker MV Yannis departed for the US with Exxon’s share of the oil. It had previously been announced that when oil production starts, the…

A report from Norwegian research company Rystad Energy is showing that for the year 2019, Guyana was able to overtake Russia as the world’s highest oil producer, in terms of conventional discovered volumes. According to the report, which was released last week, Guyana discovered an estimated 1.8 Billion Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) for last year. This, according to the report, would have contributed to oil giant ExxonMobil being named ‘explorer of the year’. “ExxonMobil can be declared explorer of the year for a second year in a row thanks…

Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Wednesday overruled submissions made by attorneys for murder accused Marcus Bisram to have the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) conducted at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. On Monday, attorneys Glen Hanoman, Sanjeev Datadin and Dexter Todd requested that the case remained out of the Berbice jurisdiction since accusations were made that the Magistrate in that district was biased. To support the request, the lawyers told acting Chief Magistrate Isaacs-Marcus that the bias and prejudiced behaviour from Magistrates in Berbice has promoted the submissions. The defence counsels further…