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GUYANA: VP Bharrat Jagdeo denies taking bribes from Chinese companies

02/09/2022 – 12:09 am

Also read: PNC Leader Norton to Jagdeo: ‘Match your earnings with your assets’

By: Denis Chabrol in Demerara Waves – Tuesday, 8 February 2022.

V.P Bharrat Jagdeo

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has rejected claims of kickbacks to facilitate Chinese investors doing business in Guyana.

In an interview with the United States-headquartered Vice News that was posted on his Facebook page, he admits that he helps people but he denies that he takes bribes. “I help people out but doesn’t mean for consideration. It does not  mean for bribe because I believe that we have a mission to help as many as possible move forward in Guyana,” he said.

He admits that he knows a gentleman whose name is Mr. Su who is his friend and his tenant but said that he is lying on him if he told the reporter those allegations.      Continue reading →

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GUYANA: The Marriott Hotel was saved by the oil industry – Opinion

01/02/2022 – 12:09 am

Kaieteur News – Dec 29, 2021  Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo would like us to believe that the controversies surrounding the financing and construction of the Marriott Hotel have evaporated simply because it is now established that the hotel is fully owned by the government. This is far from so. The construction of the Marriott Hotel continues to be mired in controversy. While it is true that the hotel is now fully owned by the government, this was not always the original plan.

When the APNU+AFC coalition government assumed office in 2015, it unearthed a number of disconcerting facts about the hotel. These concerns emerged from a forensic audit and review of the Marriott Hotel project.           Continue reading →

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Jagdeo to ask High Court to throw out GYD$20M libel judgement for Annette Ferguson

03/31/2021 – 8:23 pm

 : Demerara Waves in Courts, News, Politics Tuesday, 30 March 2021 

Bharrat Jagdeo                  Annette Ferguson

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, against whom a GYD$20 million judgment was issued by the High Court for defaming former coalition Housing Minister Annette Ferguson, failed to file a defence because of the 2020 election issues and the closure of High  Court operations due to the coronavirus, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall said Tuesday. March 29.

Mr. Nandlall said his client would be asking the High Court to discard the judgement which could see Mr. Jagdeo being jailed or his assets confiscated if he fails to pay Ms. Ferguson the damages awarded.        Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: PPP/C launches election campaign for 2020 polls

01/06/2020 – 4:20 am

 Jan 06, 2020  News    “Are you ready for victory?”The main opposition party, the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) launched its 2020 election campaign at Alexander Street, Kitty yesterday.

Hundreds of its supporters, decked in red shirts with PPP/C logos, shouted and screamed for party frontbenchers Bharrat Jagdeo, Irfaan Ali and Mark Phillips.

There are several notable mentions. ………  Bishop Juan Edghill gave an impassioned, sermon-like speech, addressing a stigma on the PPP/C from some sections of the public that it may not be a party welcoming to African Guyanese. He stressed a firm rebuke for those aspersions on the reputation of the PPP/C, then went on to list a number of African Guyanese party members as proof that it is welcoming.            Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: IMF’s projected 86% growth rate giving Guyanese the wrong impression – says Jagdeo

11/08/2019 – 1:14 am

 Nov 08, 2019  News – By Kemol King

Bharrat Jagdeo

It is the view of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, that news of an 86 percent economic growth for Guyana after the first year of oil production is not painting the whole picture for the Guyanese public.

During a press conference at his Church Street office on November 7, Jagdeo said, “I’ve seen another set of so-called positive news which says the gross domestic product (GDP) of Guyana will increase by 86 percent next year and within, say five years, we can triple the size of our economy… That sounds really good… [But] does it mean it’s all great news for Guyana?”      Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Irfaan Ali’s candidacy is not diminished by fraud charges – says Jagdeo

07/27/2019 – 6:17 am

 Jul 26, 2019  News

The 19 charges of fraud brought against Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Irfaan Ali, do not diminish the attractiveness of his candidacy, according to Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo.

PPP Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali

During a press conference, yesterday, Jagdeo said that Ali is still a good candidate because the voters know that the charges brought before him were fueled by ulterior motives.

“People know,” Jagdeo said. “People understand that these are politically motivated; done by an agency that is corrupt.”      Continue reading →

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Guyana Elections: Legal challenge to House-to-House could end up with the CCJ – PNCR

07/27/2019 – 5:58 am

Jul 27, 2019  News

The challenge to House-to-House Registration could very well head all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

 Bharrat Jagdeo

Christopher Ram

Winston Jordan

A Conservatory Order has been requested by Attorney-at-law, Christopher Ram, to halt the process of House-to-House registration, which started on Saturday July 20, 2019. But so far, Chief Justice Roxane George has refused to grant the order, indicating that there is not enough evidence to do so.    Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: CCJ dismisses application to block sitting of National Assembly

04/26/2019 – 1:50 am

— Applications requested by Bharrat Jagdeo, Christopher Ram and Charrandass Persaud

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday dismissed applications by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram and former Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud to block today’s sitting of the National Assembly.

The Application, filed by Attorneys Anil Nandlall and Sanjeev Datadin, sought an order of the Court to block the parliamentary sitting until the outcome of the appeals before the CCJ on the no-confidence matter.

Listing the grounds for application, the attorneys contended that the convening of the National Assembly is contrary to the rule of law in the circumstances of a No Confidence Motion.             Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: The Freudian mind of the PPP – By Freddie Kissoon

03/12/2019 – 2:18 am

The Freudian mind of the PPP

March 12, 2019  Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon

The announcement at Babu Jaan didn’t come. The PPP is on auto-pilot. The PPP is in self-destruct mode. This means the PPP will not be in power in 2019. But could it get power in 2019? I honestly don’t know. But the Jagdeoite PPP is not doing anything to make that possibility and that probability come to life.

Guyana is facing an imminent election. A party with a sordid past and gargantuan baggage has to reshape its image to win that election. It is becoming pellucid with the passing of each day that the Freudian carcinoma that has been eating away at the PPP since Jagan’s horrendous strategic mistakes in the fifties is still chewing at the liver of the PPP.          Continue reading →

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The absentee PPP Presidential Candidate – What are the Messages? – By GHK Lall

02/24/2019 – 1:00 am

OPINION: Possible messages concerning the absentee presidential candidate

Demerara Waves –  February 23, 2019 – By GHK Lall

Irfaan Ali

The opposition presidential candidate (Irfaan Ali) is nowhere around at this crucial moment, in this surging frantic race to an election date and day. He has become a nowhere man in a no man’s land. It is as if a captain abandoned ship during the roughest seas, or is sidelined by, believe it or not, a claim of seasickness. In this particular instance, it might even be a case of do not be seen, and whatever else is done, do not be heard saying anything about anything. What are the messages that resound from this bizarre situation? How should reasonable citizens interpret what is becoming increasingly, painfully obvious?

First, the leading player (Bharrat Jagdeo) is not just in the forefront of every issue, every development, and every occasion; he has arrogated to himself a pure monopoly presence and power. He is presence and party; he might already be president, truth be told, at least, in his own head. This is today and a harbinger of what is to come.        Continue reading →

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