Thursday, June 19, 2025
Village Voice News
ADVERTISEMENT
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
  • Editorial
  • Letters
  • Global
  • Columns
    • Eye On Guyana
    • Hindsight
    • Lincoln Lewis Speaks
    • Future Notes
    • Blackout
    • From The Desk of Roysdale Forde SC
    • Diplomatic Speak
    • Mark’s Take
    • In the village
    • Mind Your Business
    • Bad & Bold
    • The Voice of Labour
    • The Herbal Section
    • Politics 101 with Dr. David Hinds
    • Talking Dollars & Making Sense
    • Book Review 
  • Education & Technology
  • E-Paper
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
  • Editorial
  • Letters
  • Global
  • Columns
    • Eye On Guyana
    • Hindsight
    • Lincoln Lewis Speaks
    • Future Notes
    • Blackout
    • From The Desk of Roysdale Forde SC
    • Diplomatic Speak
    • Mark’s Take
    • In the village
    • Mind Your Business
    • Bad & Bold
    • The Voice of Labour
    • The Herbal Section
    • Politics 101 with Dr. David Hinds
    • Talking Dollars & Making Sense
    • Book Review 
  • Education & Technology
  • E-Paper
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Village Voice News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Granger assails PPP first year in office  

Staff Reporter by Staff Reporter
August 7, 2021
in News
Former President David Granger

Former President David Granger

0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

…says 10 Covid deaths and thirty-two dismissals per week earn govt  a bad report 

Former President David Granger has rapped the PPP/C Government for what he described as its cold-hearted response to the dismissals of hundreds of public servants at the average rate of 32 persons per week, the number of deaths caused by the pandemic at the average rate of ten persons per week, the high levels of job insecurity and everyday interpersonal violence and its chilling reaction to the damage and distress caused by the catastrophic three-month flood.  

Speaking on his weekly programme the Public Interest, Granger also poured cold water on the chorus of congratulations from commercial enterprises and cultural and religious organisations that praised the PPP administration’s first year in office, a release from the PNCR said.  

READ ALSO

BREAKING: Amanza Walton-Desir Resigns from PNCR and Parliament

Burke Urges APNU and AFC to Unite and Save Guyana’s Future

Granger estimated that the quality of life of ordinary Guyanese had deteriorated between 2nd August 2020 and 2nd August 2021. Speaking during his ‘Public Interest’ programme, he said that the PPP administration, after three months of Guyana’s ‘worst natural disaster’, had no recovery plan for the economy and households. He iterated his call for an Inquiry to assess the impact of the flood so that information could be provided for the entire economy to be placed on the path to recovery.  

The former Head-of-State noted that, although there are 21 cabinet ministers, no single senior minister seemed to command the authority, to define a coherent policy and to control the assets to manage the worst areas of administration – disease, dismissals, flooding and crime – which continue to cause suffering among ordinary people. 

The PPP administration has behaved as though it had all the answers by excluding the official Parliamentary Opposition, civil society and workers’ organisations at a time when a national effort was needed. 

The former President said that public trust in the government has been eroded and cannot be replaced by the fictional ‘One Guyana Commission and the ‘Corridor of Unity’. In his estimation, Guyanese have suffered and the PPP has earned itself a bad report.

ShareTweetSendShareSend

Related Posts

Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Amanza Walton Desir
Breaking News

BREAKING: Amanza Walton-Desir Resigns from PNCR and Parliament

by Admin
June 18, 2025

In a surprising political development, Opposition Member of Parliament Amanza Walton-Desir has officially resigned from the People’s National Congress Reform...

Read moreDetails
Rickford Burke, President Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy
News

Burke Urges APNU and AFC to Unite and Save Guyana’s Future

by Admin
June 18, 2025

The failure of leaders of the A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), and the Alliance for Change (AFC), which constitute...

Read moreDetails
Assistant Director of UGBC and Conference Lead, Dr Pamela Rose
News

UG Berbice Campus to Host Ground-breaking Interdisciplinary Research Conference from June 23 to 26

by Admin
June 17, 2025

The University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) is preparing to host its first-ever Interdisciplinary Research Conference from June 23–26, 2025,...

Read moreDetails
Next Post

OP-ED | The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and CARICOM 


EDITOR'S PICK

Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony and health team at the newly constructed polyclinic in North Ruimveldt, Georgetown

New polyclinic for Festival City

November 2, 2021
Ilan Goldfajn- CEO President Inter-American Development Bank

IDB Group Approves Guyana Country Strategy for 2023–2026

December 1, 2023
Regional Agriculture Officer, Derick Collins

Climate-smart agriculture for Region 10

November 8, 2020

Covid death # 204

March 9, 2021

© 2024 Village Voice

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
  • Editorial
  • Letters
  • Global
  • Columns
    • Eye On Guyana
    • Hindsight
    • Lincoln Lewis Speaks
    • Future Notes
    • Blackout
    • From The Desk of Roysdale Forde SC
    • Diplomatic Speak
    • Mark’s Take
    • In the village
    • Mind Your Business
    • Bad & Bold
    • The Voice of Labour
    • The Herbal Section
    • Politics 101 with Dr. David Hinds
    • Talking Dollars & Making Sense
    • Book Review 
  • Education & Technology
  • E-Paper
  • Contact Us

© 2024 Village Voice