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Longstanding PNC/R member now backs the PPP/C
Ronald Backer, a longstanding member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), has thrown his support behind the governing People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) and says he will work towards getting them votes at the June 12…
Mahdia tragedy: Inquiry into fire will help gov’t improve dorms across Guyana – PM
Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips says the forthcoming Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the tragic Madhia Secondary School dorm fire will help the government make improvements at dorms all across Guyana.
On Thursday, during…
As Guyana mourns Mahdia tragedy, President Ali makes impassioned plea for Guyanese to unite
Address of His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali
President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
on the occasion of the country’s Independence anniversary
Unity and Healing
God of love and mercy be with us, God of patience,…
‘Dear Children of Guyana’ – A letter from President Irfaan Ali
See below a letter by President Dr Irfaan Ali to the children of Guyana. The letter was included in the President’s Independence Day address to the nation following the devastating fire that killed 19 children at Mahdia, Region Eight.
On…
Mahdia tragedy: President confirms CoI to be done ‘soonest’
By Vishani Ragobeer in Lethem
Vishani@newsroom.gy
In what he described as a departure from a traditional Independence anniversary address, President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Thursday night reflected on the deaths of the 19 children who…
PPP/C recommits to campaign financing reform but fears victimisation by publishing donors
The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) on Thursday recommitted to implementing campaign financing reforms one day after a European Union Follow-up Mission to the 2020 elections urged the government to provide a framework of…
Guyanese should uplift, support each other – PPP says in Independence Day message
A message from the PPP on the occasion of Guyana’s 57th Independence Anniversary:
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) extends greetings to all Guyanese, both here and in the Diaspora on the occasion of Guyana’s 57th independence…
ERC commends show of unity, support for Mahdia in Independence Day message
See below Independence Day message issued by the ERC:
The Chairman, Commissioners and staff of the Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), shares the grief the Guyanese nation is experiencing as a result of the Mahdia Dormitory fire and at…
‘A time for reflection’ – GAWU’s Independence Day message
See below full message issued by GAWU in observance of Independence Day:
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) extends warm wishes to all Guyanese at home and abroad on the occasion of our country’s fifty-seventh (57th)…
Mahdia tragedy: Shuman believes CoI into Mahdia blaze will unearth comprehensive solutions needed
See below full statement from Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman:
I wish to extend my most sincere condolences to the families and friends of those who perished in the tragic blaze at the Dorms in Mahdia and to the…