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GUYANA: Govt, Private Sector hope observers will minimise challenge of election results
DEMERARA WAVES
The Guyana government and the business community appear to be banking on international observers, including the well-respected Carter Centre, to quell any unease about the results of the upcoming general and regional elections.
BREAKING NEWS: Director General of Foreign Affairs is PPP-Civic's Prime Ministerial candidate
DEMERARA WAVES
Director General of Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Elisabeth Harper is the prime ministerial candidate for the incumbent People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) at the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections.
GUYANA: PPP hints at two-pronged strategy to counter coalition
DEMERARA WAVES
The incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Tuesday suggested that Guyanese might continue to vote along racial lines and that the Alliance For Change would be decimated at the upcoming elections because it has teamed up with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).
BREAKING NEWS: APNU, AFC agree to coaliton
DEMERARA WAVES
Guyana's two major opposition parties have agreed to form an alliance to contest the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections, according to well-placed sources.
BREAKING NEWS: Guyana's General Elections Day is May 11, 2015
DEMERARA WAVES
President Donald Ramotar Tuesday evening announced that Guyanese would be going to the polls to elect a new government of their choice on May 11, 2015.'
VI beaten by Barbados in NACRA 7’s Q/Finals
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) rugby sevens team were downed by Barbados, 38-0, in the quarter final stage of the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association’s (NACRA) Sevens Championship, played in Mexico City on Thursday December 4, 2014.
Big Win for Guyana over Leewards in WICB PCL
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Jamaica began their Professional Cricket League (PCL) campaign with a hard-fought, 13-run win over Windward Islands, sealed by a final-innings seven-for from legspinner Damion Jacobs. Guyana, meanwhile, registered an innings and 10-run win against Leeward Islands.
Guyana's President suspends Parliament
DEMERARA WAVES
President Donald Ramotar on Monday kept to his much anticipated promise and prorogued the Parliament but the 65-seat National Assembly could very well still meet later in the afternoon because the Speaker Raphael Trotman has not received a copy of the Official Gazette of the proclamation.
GUYANA: General elections almost certain
DEMERARA WAVES
Guyanese are almost certain to go to the polls before year-end, now that the opposition has maintained that it would be going ahead with its no-confidence motion in the House when it convenes on Monday.
Guyana, Panama Agree on Rice Deal
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Guyana will soon be supplying around 5,000 tonnes of rice each month to Panama, following a newly-signed agreement between the two countries in the Caribbean basin.
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