Posted by Administrator in Press Releases on 23. May, 2012 | Comments Off
AFC calls for national strategy to address teen violence The Alliance For Change is profoundly saddened at the recent incident where one teenager is said to have stabbed another to death. Our condolence goes out to the family and relatives of young Shane George whose life was taken in such
Continue Reading »Posted by Administrator in AFC In the News, Parliament, Speeches on 22. May, 2012 | No Comments
Good evening and welcome all. It is a pleasure to be able to welcome you here in such a beautiful setting to begin the discussion on some issues that are sometimes unpleasant. I speak of democracy, governance, and parliament. Article 51 of the Guyana Constitution states quite plainly, and simply
Continue Reading »Posted by Administrator in AFC In the News on 19. May, 2012 | No Comments
Can the Minister of Amerindian Affairs explain why our government believes that the development of the Amerindian people must depend on the goodwill of a foreign government? Are we not Guyanese and entitled to a fair share of the money earned by our country? During the debate of the 2012
Continue Reading »Posted by Administrator in AFC In the News on 17. May, 2012 | No Comments
Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member, Moses Nagamootoo, says, “National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) is the lost city of El Dorado” since many are trying to hoodwink Guyanese into believing that there is nothing abnormal about monies under the control of the privatization unit of the Government. “Brassington
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Dear Editor, One of the objectives of the recent Budget cuts was to remove the inequities in earning among the specially paid government contract employees who earn close to and over $1,000,000 per month and those in the regular public service who earn under $100,000. Another objective of the cuts
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The Alliance for Change (AFC) will today propose that the budget for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) be slashed by $1 billion. The budget cuts come on suspicion that the government could be looking to call snap elections, after failing to once again secure the Parliamentary majority after the November
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The Alliance For Change (AFC) won a major victory when the Minority Government agreed to give Old Age Pensioners $10,000 per monthly, and forced it to back off from the pittance it had offered by way of G$20 a day increase. The AFC was determined to trim the budget, starting
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The Guyanese public is beginning to reap the benefits of a strong, vanguard third party and the Alliance For Change is honoured to be in a position where it can effect such change. While it welcomes the announcements by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh that old age pensioners will get
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Mr. Speaker, Honourable members of this noble house I thank you all for the warm welcome you have bestowed upon us new members of the house. As I stand here today to make my presentation on the 2012 national budget, I reflect on of a sitting of this national assembly
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