Tag: People’s Progressive Party (PPP) - Guyana

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 19:54 UTC

  Crucial election in oil rich Guyana; economy forecasted to grow 85% this year, IMF

  

  Guyana goes to the polls this Monday in a pivotal election in one of South America's poorest nations, where a coming oil boom is set to reshape an ethnically-divided political landscape.

• Monday, May 18th 2015 - 04:55 UTC

  Granger swears as Guyana's new president with a one seat majority in legislature

  

  Former army brigadier David Granger was sworn in as Guyana's new president on Saturday after his multiracial opposition coalition narrowly won a national election, heralding a new chapter in the ethnically-divided.

• Saturday, May 16th 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Opposition wins in Guyana defeating party in power for 23 years

  

  A retired army general is poised to become Guyana’s new president after a multi-ethnic opposition ¬coalition defeated a party that has been in power for 23 years, officials said. Preliminary results show David Granger and his Partnership for National Unity-Alliance for Change Coalition got nearly 207,000 votes in Monday’s ¬general elections.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 08:51 UTC

  Guyana voting in early election to end Executive/Legislative standoff

  

  Guyana voted Monday in early elections pitting embattled President Donald Ramotar against an upstart opposition alliance seeking to unite voters across racial lines with its calls to end corruption.

• Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:30 UTC

  Guyana president announces May 11 as date for general elections

  

  Guyana President Donald Ramotar announced this week that May 11 is the date for general and regional elections in the country, less than five years after his ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) won the polls in November 2011.

• Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

  Guyana dismisses warning of Commonwealth action for suspending Parliament

  

  Guyana's ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) dismissed a warning from Britain that Guyana risks being referred to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group after the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country suspended Parliament in November last year.