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
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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
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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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The AFC received the news of the unexpected passing of Dr. Desrey Fox, Minister in the Ministry of Education following a road accident on Wednesday with shock and deep regret. We sincerely extend sympathy to her grieving relatives, colleagues and friends. It is believed that Dr. Fox might be the
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Newswire – December 11, 2009 The AFC is very concerned with respect to the proposed sale of GuySuCo’s land at Diamond East Bank Demerara. The AFC’s view that the long-term viability of GuySuCo would be compromised if these lands were sold out. The PPP government has failed to articulate a
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The AFC views the 3% increase to sugar workers by the Ganga Tribunal Award as extremely harsh. The Party did not expect the Tribunal to award anything more than this, which was Guysuco’s proposal, but what makes it harsher still is that the Award will not have to be mandatorily
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The following is an abridged reproduction from a report carried in the Indo-Caribbean World on the 25th November 2009. Former Central Executive member of Guyana’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and now Chairman and Co-Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) in Guyana, Khemraj Ramjattan, was in Toronto over the past
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AFC Newswire – December 4, 2009 Our People are the most important assets our nation possesses. In this case it is evident that the government continues its anti workers policies against our bauxite workers. Rusal also is wrong in cancelling the Collective Labour Agreement (CLA). The AFC calls for its
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General Secretary to the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Donald Ramotar, has described the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) negative position on investors coming into Guyana as “absolute nonsense.” KN Nov 23th 2009. Ramotar is of the opinion that even though there should be more investors entering Guyana, the absence of large
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