July 2025

Community wealth-building, regional development, and national productivity are the cornerstones of the PPP/C administration’s economic expansion strategy for the next five years, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced during a live address on Sunday. At the core of the plan is support for small businesses, agriculture and community industries, alongside major investments in infrastructure and education.
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President Dr. Irfaan Ali pledged significant interventions to tackle the cost of living over the next five years, with a focus on essential services such as energy, water, transport, food, and housing. He was addressing the country in a live broadcast on Facebook on Sunday. With a clear priority on affordability, the President announced: A
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In a Sunday afternoon address live on Facebook, President Dr. Irfaan Ali laid out what he described as a “deliberate and clear strategy” to reduce poverty across Guyana, committing to a multi-pronged approach that targets every layer of vulnerability in society—from the unemployed to pensioners, schoolchildren, and indigenous communities. The President stated that the next
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Politician and attorney-at-law James Bond joined the PPP/C’s campaign in Region One over the weekend, speaking to the business community in Kumaka and later addressing residents of the Indigenous village of Tobago. In a familiar return to his roots, Bond recalled spending his formative years in Mabaruma and proudly acknowledged that his first scholarship was
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Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Saturday night urged his supporters to accept assistance from any political source — “whether they are government or leopard” — referring to both the incumbent PPP/C and businessman Azruddin Mohamed’s emerging WIN party, while rehashing key elements of APNU’s promises. In a sparsely attended public meeting at Bagotsville, Norton said
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The Alliance For Change (AFC) mounted what it called a comeback bid on Saturday night at a washbay in the city with just a handful of people standing by the side of the road. It was the party’s first major public meeting for the 2025 elections, seeking to shake off claims of political irrelevance and
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A message of youth empowerment and environmental activism took centre stage on Saturday as the ‘Guyana We Need’ campaign was officially launched at an event hosted at Marian Academy. More than 50 young people, including 10 Haitian migrant children, participated in the launch, which highlighted the capacity of youth to shape Guyana’s environmental and social
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