Guardians of Guyana
Pressure continues to mount for the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall to be fired or suspended from the National Assembly over what the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) calls “Sexual harassment” of women in the National Assembly. The Minister seems to be digging a deeper hole for himself by being entangled … Read more
APNU+AFC’s vision to construct a new bridge across the Demerara River was “shovel-ready” at the time of their removal from office. But the installed People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) government chose to discard all the work and start all over again. The Alliance for Change (AFC) in a press statement last week said the decision of … Read more
Some 46 million dollars worth of fuel cannot be properly accounted for by Minister Dharamlall during the examination of Region 2, Pomeroon-Supenaam, budgetary allocation. APNU+AFC regional representative for Region 2 Member of Parliament (MP) Shurwayne Holder, in a Facebook post, stated that months ago he received credible information from sources employed at the Region 2 … Read more
A Democracy and Governance Assessment prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says Guyana’s two major political parties need to engage in power-sharing in order to manage the country’s oil wealth efficiently. Dated August 2021, the assessment cited the for the two major political parties to abandon the current majoritarian political model … Read more
As Guyanese across the miles digest the statements made by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, calls continue to build for appropriate action to be taken against the public official, since “nice speeches” are not enough.Over the weekend, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) added their voice to the protest against the … Read more
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Mr. Aubrey Norton, is confident that the bribery and corruption allegations against Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo if properly investigated will unearth damning revelations. Norton presented his reasons for the suspicion during an interview with veteran Journalist, Adam Harris, on Friday evening. The PNCR Leader said that many … Read more
There must be a limit to where Guyana’s Hon. Speaker of the House will not go, refuse to uphold, will frown upon in sharp disbelief and anger. I am tainted in merely saying that the Hon Speaker has regrettably and shamelessly failed on every count. Further, there are some other areas that I have deliberately … Read more
STATEMENT BY the Party Leader, Mr. Aubrey Norton on Serious Allegations of Corruption against Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo. As expected, what appears to be credible allegations of corruption against Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo (Su-gate) were publicly exposed, he has tried to distract the Guyanese people by throwing sand in their eyes. He has attacked opposition … Read more
STATEMENT BY MERVYN WILLIAMS FORMER MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND CEC MEMBER I have listened to the portion of Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo’s interview with Vice News, during which he spoke to Indigenous Guyanese issues. He said the following among other things: 1. “When we assumed office in 1992, Indigenous People had titled lands, about 6%. By … Read more
Article 13 – a Guyanese, the pro-inclusionary democracy organisation, on Sunday took the Guyana government to task for removing Dr Rudy Jadoopat as the Coordinator of the Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) on the fake grounds that he is a member of the Alliance For Change (AFC). The non-governmental organisation indicated that it was … Read more