Hon. Anand Persaud

Condolences to the people of Brazil and the many fans and admirers around the world, including myself, following the passing of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, popularly known as Pelé.
The world has lost a legend.
May his soul rest in eternal peace!

Spreading Christmas cheer to the Children of Plaisance, on the East Coast of Demerara.

The children of North and Central Kitty were all excited to receive their toys.

And the distribution of toys continues to the children of North Georgetown.

This afternoon the Hon. Anand Persaud, Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development brought Christmas Cheer to the Kids of North Alberttown. The parents would like to thank President Ali and his Government for bringing Christmas Joy to their kids.

Minister within brings Christmas cheer to the children of Kingston!

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The Minister within the Ministry of Local Government & Regional Development, Anand Persaud, M.P., visited region #10 to share Christmas cheer with gifts, cookies and sweets with the children of Rockstone, who were overjoyed to receive it. The Honourable Minister also presented the village with solar lights, which will promote security and improve community visibility for pedestrians and road users.

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In just two years of governance, the PPP/C Government has made significant advances in creating gender parity in Guyana. Housing is one such area.

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𝗣𝗣𝗣 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝘀 𝗠𝗣 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴

The People’s Progressive Party condemns in the strongest possible terms the obstruction of an engagement between Minister of Public Service Sonia Parag and residents of Belladrum, Region Five by APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Vinceroy Jordan.

Minister Parag’s visit to the community was a result of a request made by residents during an earlier visit by President Dr. Irfaan Ali. The residents had sought the president’s intervention to facilitate access to skills training, scholarships, and other empowerment opportunities.

It is in this regard that the Minister visited the community on Tuesday, November 8th, and was prevented from accessing the Community Development Council building by Jordan and a small group of APNU+AFC activists.

The PNC-led APNU+AFC has demonstrated time and time again that it is incapable of offering meaningful leadership to its constituents or anyone for that matter, and is therefore in its familiar obstructionist mode with racism being its tool of choice. While in office they took multi-million dollar scholarships for themselves and their relatives and denied ordinary Guyanese these very opportunities.

Their attempt to obstruct the PPP/C government’s housing drive at Amelia’s Ward in Linden, Region Ten, and at Mocha Arcadia on the East Bank of Demerara are just a few examples of how they wanted development to bypass certain communities so that they can continue to peddle false claims of discrimination.

The blame for this worrying development should be laid squarely at the feet of PNC and Opposition Leader Mr. Aubrey Norton who has been unabatingly setting a tone of racism and aggression towards the legitimately elected government and its officials. Norton has also started pivoting his poisonous rhetoric and confrontational tone towards members of the media as was recently witnessed during a community rally in the East Bank Demerara community of Mocha Arcadia.

The PPP unequivocally condemns MP Jordan’s cowardly behaviour and bullying tactics towards Minister Parag and urges that it be similarly denounced by Civil Society and other national stakeholders.

The party further calls on Civil Society and other national stakeholders, as well as all patriotic Guyanese at home and abroad to make their voices heard to Mr. Aubrey Norton and members of his cabal, on this most vexing and worrying matter of his racist and aggressive posture, and the subtle as well as overt messages he continues to send to his cabal and supporters against the duly elected Government and its functionaries, and against the national interest of the state.

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Earlier today, Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Anand Persaud and his team took place in the Ministry’s Interdepartmental Pre-Diwali celebrations.

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As required by the 1897 Treaty of Washington and the 1899 Arbitral Award, the boundary as determined by the Award was demarcated on the ground between 1900 and 1904 by Commissioners appointed by Britain and Venezuela. For Venezuela, the Commissioners were Dr. Abraham Tirado, Civil Engineer of the United States of Venezuela/ Chief of the Boundary Commission, and Dr. Elias Toro, Surgeon General of the Illustrious Central University of Venezuela/ Second Commissioner on behalf of Venezuela. The British Commissioners were H.J Perkins and C. Wilgress Anderson.
On 7 January 1905, this official boundary map delineating the boundary as awarded and demarcated, was drawn up and signed by the Commissioners of both Britain and Venezuela and promulgated in Georgetown, at the Combined Court.

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Read more here: https://newsroom.gy/2022/10/01/breaking-govt-slashes-gas-diesel-prices-at-guyoil/

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