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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, on Sunday outlined several plans for Region Six in the PPP’s next term in office. These include a four-lane road from Moleson Creek to New Amsterdam, a toll-free four-lane bridge across the Berbice River, and more. And he told hundreds of supporters gathered at
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President Irfaan Ali on Sunday pledged sweeping investments in his second term, promising to transform the country’s traditional rice and sugar belt into a major economic and logistical hub. Speaking at a packed rally of the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) at Albion Estate Road, Ali outlined a vision that includes the establishment of Guyana’s
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The new PPP government will establish a US$200 million fund towards the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), incumbent President Dr Irfaan Ali announced Sunday at Albion. “You are voting because you want to embrace the plans of the government,” Ali told the crowd at a re-election rally at Albion, Berbice. “…We will co-invest
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With just over forty days remaining before the 2025 General and Regional Elections, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has urged supporters in Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) to mobilise supporters to go out and vote on Monday, September 1. He was at the time addressing the party’s rally
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Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips on Sunday rallied supporters in the party’s traditional heartland of Berbice, calling for a renewed mandate to continue what he described as “five years of solid, sustained development” and urging the re-election of the “Big Man” Dr Irfaan Ali. It was red as far as the eye can see
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The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has twenty-seven (27) candidates under the age of 25 on its candidates’ list for the 2025 General and Regional Elections. On Sunday, several of those young professionals joined the party’s rally at Albion Estate Road, Berbice, endorsing President Dr Irfaan Ali for a second term in office. Some of those
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Police on Sunday arrested 21-year-old Shaka Phillips, the man who is accused of murdering his ex-partner, Jenel Pollydore, on Saturday night. Police Headquarters confirmed that Phillips, also known as ‘Concrete Man’, was apprehended at around 15:35 hrs at South Amelia’s Ward, Linden. He is currently in custody as the investigations into the matter continue. “The
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Guyana’s governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is enjoying its strongest-ever public support ahead of the September 1 elections, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said on Sunday as he addressed what he called the largest crowd ever to gather at the party’s Albion rally ground in the sugar belt of Berbice. “We are seeing the biggest
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Geeta Chandon-Edmond, who hails from Albion on the Corentyne, Region Six, took to the stage on Sunday at the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) rally at Albion Estate Road, Berbice, urging supporters to “vote for the cup” on 1 September 2025. The cup is the symbol of the ruling PPP/C party. “Don’t gamble your future, don’t
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Bartica has long been considered a PNC/R stronghold, a place where, for decades, the party and its coalition – APNU – have comfortably dominated. Yet on Saturday night at Futu Square, where the APNU launched its election campaign for Region Seven, the crowd — or lack of it — told a different story. The rally
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