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…as Ramjattan fights to be selected as Granger’s running mate for 2020 polls The leaders of the A Partnership for National Unit (APNU) and Alliance For Change (AFC) met on Thursday and have agreed to resume dialogue one week after talks broke down over the selection of AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan as the Coalition’s Prime Ministerial candidate for March 2020 General and Regional Elections. Leader of the APNU, President David Granger and Leader of the AFC, accompanied by Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence and AFC General…

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…APNU refuses to accept AFC’s Ramjattan as PM candidate The Alliance For Change (AFC) has hinted that it could part ways with its coalition partner; the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), should its choice of the prime ministerial candidate be rejected for the upcoming 2020 polls. Both parties, which form the current administration, were in talks over the revision of the Cummingsburg Accord, so that they can contest the March 2020 elections again as a coalition. The Accord, which binds the two parties, states that the presidential candidate post…

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One half of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has denied that any decision was made by the Commission to publish the list of registrants captured during the recent House-to-House exercise, throwing further uncertainty into the exercise. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-nominated Commissioners Sase Gunraj, Robeson Benn and Bibi Shadick on Wednesday evening said that such a decision was never taken by the full Commission. “We read reports in the press, attributed to Commissioner Charles Corbin, that the Guyana Elections Commission will proceed to publish the entire list of persons registered…

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– says will resist attempts to remove names from voters’ list The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has expressed concern that the APNU/AFC coalition is preparing to either set aside or rig next year’s March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections. This comes in light of a revelation following Tuesday’s statutory meeting that the Government-nominated Commissioners at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are attempting to ‘disenfranchise’ thousands of Guyanese. According to the PPP, one way in which they are seeking to do this is by removing more than 20,000 persons from…

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New York authorities released a convicted child abuser into the community, defying an ICE request that he be held for deportation, and he went on to be arrested for yet another case of abuse, federal officials said Tuesday, according to a Washington Times report. According to the Washington Times report, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers tracked Grachowe Harrichand down last week and plan to deport him to Guyana, his home country. He’d been ordered deported in 2004 but was in the U.S. as a fugitive earlier this year when…

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The Step-father of the 4-year-old boy, who was pronounced dead two Monday’s ago, after he was found unconscious, naked and with injuries to the head and eye, was on Thursday arraigned for the crime. Twenty-one-year-old, Joseph James appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and was required to plead to the indictable charge. The charge alleged that on October 7, 2019, at Silver Hill, Soesdyke, Linden Highway, James murdered Alex Price, his stepson, during the course of the rape. The lad, Alex Prince was pronounced dead…

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…as First Oil looms in Guyana With first oil just around the corner, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Head, Dr Vincent Adams has admitted that Guyana is “not even close” to having the requisite expertise to manage the oil and gas sector. He made this admission during a public policy talk facilitated by the Guyana Budget Policy Institute last Saturday evening at the Regency Suites Hotel. Dr Adams shared the panel with a number of political and oil and gas commentators, including Christopher Ram, Charles Ramson and Sasenarine Singh. “This is…

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One week after the US authorities had issued a wanted bulletin for Shamiza Ali, also called Shamiza Bacchus, a Guyanese who has been indicted in a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud in New York, she was arrested on Monday evening at the John F Kennedy International Airport. The woman was taken into custody by law enforcement moments after stepping off a flight from Guyana. The Guyanese woman and two others were indicted for falsifying information and ripping off the medical scheme of close to US$20 million. It was reported that the woman,…

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…says not affiliated with any political party in Guyana Prominent West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle has categorically stated that he was not affiliated with any political party amid negative comments when he showed up at a rally organised by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Saturday. Gayle was spotted in photos on social media alongside members of the party during the event at Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) and many condemned his presence. However, the Jamaican batsman clarified that he did not endorse any political party in Guyana. As…

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– Jagdeo says massive development plans on stream for Guyana As the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) announces their plans for the Guyanese people amid the upcoming elections, campaigning will also be done extensively in all communities to highlight some of the projects that will be undertaken under their governance. This was announced by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo during a recent press conference, where he signalled their draft of developmental plans for several years. While there have been protest actions on their part to ensure constitutional adherence, he said their focus…

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