Category: Politics

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) last Friday accused the parliamentary opposition of conspiring to “strangle” the work of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), noting that it is extremely concerned with the fact that the ERC’s budget was cut to Gy$ 1 during consideration of the 2012 budget. The party said it views the move by the opposition parliamentary parties to use their one-seat majority to cut the ERC’s budget as “unprovoked and malicious”. “This action must be exposed for what it really is; a vicious act to prevent a…

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Residents of Affiance and Columbia on the Essequibo Coast have lashed out against the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for cutting the 2012 budget, a move that will stymie the development of the country and put hundreds of workers on the breadline. Speaking at a public meeting at Affiance on Thursday, several residents said the leaders of the two opposition parties have no vision for development and the cut of more than Gy$ 21 billion from the budget will slow the pace of…

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  By Ariana Gordon  Government on Wednesday lambasted the parliamentary opposition parties the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) for tabling motions before the National Assembly on a number of identified issues ranging from the production of public records to the House to amendments to the Presidents’ Pension Act. At a media briefing hosted by the leader of the House, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds at the National Communications Network (NCN), government said that the motions presented to the House and placed on the 20th…

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Opposition Leader David Granger has once again reiterated that the cuts made to the 2012 budget were justified as there was not enough discussion amongst the three parliamentary parties prior to the presentation of the budget. Granger addressing hundreds of workers at the Critchlow Labour College said the combined opposition begged the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/ C) to have tripartite budget talks with the opposition before tabling the Budget, but this was not done. “We were faced with a predetermined budget since December last year. I told Ramotar…

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Behind the frothy platitudes in Parliament by the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), lies a trail of human misery and desolation. This was the opinion expressed by several state employees who spoke with Guyana Times International in the wake of the combined opposition’s “chopping spree” on the 2012 National Budget. “Ruthless” and “despicable” just to flex their political muscles on the government were some of the sentiments expressed. Roopnarine Sammi, a Government Information Agency (GINA) Information Technology Officer flayed the decision taken by…

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By Ariana Gordon The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has lashed out at the combined opposition, the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) for cutting more than Gy$ 20 billion off the 2012 budget. At a press conference held at Freedom House, Georgetown, executive members and government ministers Clement Rohee, Irfaan Ali and Pauline Sukhai chided the opposition and accused it of deliberately attempting to stymie the country’s economic and social development. Rohee, the home affairs minister, said it is clear the opposition went to…

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– in wake of abuses, falling standards As media operatives in Guyana prepare to celebrate another Press Freedom Day, calls are again being made for journalists to be more responsible and for the setting up of a self-regulatory body that can impose sanctions on reporters and entities that breach ethical standards. For years there have been similar calls to little avail. In some countries, there are press complaints commissions (PCCs), which are independent self-regulatory bodies that deal with complaints about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines (and their websites).…

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