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The Stabroek News is a privately owned newspaper published in Guyana. It takes its name from Stabroek / ˈ s t æ b r uː k / , the former name of Georgetown, Guyana . It was first published in November 1986, first as a weekly but it later changed to a daily print newspaper. [ 1 ]
The PPP/C gained one seat, giving it a majority of 33 seats in the 65-member National Assembly, while the APNU + AFC was reduced from 33 to 31 seats, with the remaining seat taken by an alliance of the Liberty and Justice Party, A New and United Guyana and The New Movement.
The 2023 Guyanese local elections, officially due since 2020, were held on Monday, June 12, 2023, following the latest delay of the officially biennial polls by three years due to lawsuits and vacanies at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following the fallout and misconduct of the 2020 Guyanese general election and the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana. 6 April – The International Court of Justice rules that the case of territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute
Mohamed Irfaan Ali (born 25 April 1980) [4] is a Guyanese politician serving as the tenth and current president of Guyana since 2020. A member of the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), he previously served as the minister of Housing and Water from 2009 to 2015.
Snap general elections were held in Guyana on 2 March 2020. They were called early after the government of President David A. Granger lost a vote of no confidence by a margin of 33–32 on 21 December 2018, [2] the government having held a one-seat majority since the 2015 elections.
She is a Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water in Guyana. [3] [4] She was appointed Minister in August 2020 by President Irfaan Ali. [5] References
An assessment taken by the National Frequency Management Unit in 1992 said that GTV was the only television station in Guyana to comply with technical and programming requirements. [4] In 1996, with the release of an official VHF frequency plan for Georgetown by the NFMU, GTV planned to move to channel 11, a decision pending approval of the ...