Guyana Sets Election Date; Territorial Dispute With Venezuela Top of Agenda
Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on May 25 announced the date for the next elections and said he would defend his country's territory amid the dispute with Caracas, Venezuela, over the Essequibo region.
'This evening, I announced General and Regional Elections in Guyana will be held on September 1, 2025,' the Guyanese president
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Epoch Times
2 days ago
- Epoch Times
Guyana Sets Election Date; Territorial Dispute With Venezuela Top of Agenda
Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on May 25 announced the date for the next elections and said he would defend his country's territory amid the dispute with Caracas, Venezuela, over the Essequibo region. 'This evening, I announced General and Regional Elections in Guyana will be held on September 1, 2025,' the Guyanese president
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Morrisey celebrates signing of three bills at Beckley church
Gov. Patrick Morrisey ceremoniously signed three bills during an event at a Beckley, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (West Virginia Office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey | Courtesy photo) West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday celebrated the passage of three bills he said protect and defend life 'at all stages.' Morrisey held the ceremonial bill signing for Senate Bill 537, House Bill 2123 and House Bill 2871 at CrossPoint Church in Beckley, West Virginia. 'West Virginia has a proud history defending the sanctity of life for a long, long time, and I've been very humbled to be an important part of that, serving as the first pro-life attorney general in state history,' Morrisey said. 'And before I left, we were still busy defending the state's pro-life law in the Fourth Circuit. That's still pending, and we've been working constantly to try to keep expanding the provisions to protect innocent life.' Senate Bill 537 expands the state's Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program. The legislation allows the program to use state funds to cover new expenditures including new land and buildings, additional services for mothers, and staff training, Morrisey said. The Legislature also allocated $3 million for the program. 'The goal behind that money and this bill is to give organizations that help pregnant women greater flexibility in using their funds,' Morrisey said. 'What a good, noble cause.' The West Virginia Mothers and Babies Pregnancy Support Program was established by House Bill 2002, signed by former Gov. Jim Justice during the 2023 legislative session. State lawmakers passed a law making abortion illegal with narrow exceptions in September 2022 in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe V. Wade. The program provides funding for 'pregnancy support organizations' except those 'that performs, prescribes, refers for, encourages or promotes abortion as an option for a pregnant woman.' House Bill 2123 increases the penalties for a parents or guardians convicted of child abuse resulting in injury or neglect causing the risk of injury from one to five years in prison to two to 10 years in prison. The bill had unanimous support in both the West Virginia House of Delegates and in the Senate. 'Once again, we have to protect our most precious among us, and if you harm a child as a parent or guardian, you're going to pay a heavy price,' Morrisey said. House Bill 2871 expands the vehicular homicide offense to include aggravated vehicular homicide and clarifies that victims can include embryos and fetuses. The bill was also passed unanimously by both chambers of the Legislature. 'Now, the loss of a child in a womb, that can be considered a death for purposes of prosecution,' Morrisey said. 'That's good, and that's just common sense. A life in the womb is still a life. Our laws have to reflect that fact, and they are.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
Gov. Jeff Landry signs car insurance reform bills at Governor's Mansion
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A big step forward was taken at the Governor's Mansion in the effort to lower the cost of car insurance. Gov. Jeff Landry signed six bills into law, a move he claims will help solve the problem. On Wednesday, a crowd gathered at the Governor's Mansion to witness Landry signing several bills. Of the six bills he signed, the first gives the insurance commissioner more power to hold down rates, similar to our neighboring states. The second measure requires people who claim they have been hurt in a car accident to prove their injuries were caused by it. 'This points to the cultural problem of frivolous litigation driven by lawyer advertising,' Landry third, preventing drivers without car insurance from collecting bodily injury medical expense awards below $100,000.'I promised that I would strengthen our uninsured motorist recovery law, or our 'no pay, no play law,'' Landry fourth prevents people in the country illegally from collecting damages in car crashes.'I promised that we would prohibit illegal immigrants from cashing in on frivolous lawsuits,' Landry fifth measure, drivers responsible for at least 51 percent of a car accident, would be kept from receiving damage awards to cover injuries. Number six states that a premium discount will be given to policyholders of commercial vehicles that have dash cams installed.'We will now require a five percent premium discount for large trucks that maintain dash cameras on their trucks to record their movements to protect them from lawsuit abuse,' Landry said. Meanwhile, some remain skeptical that rates will decrease. 'The insurance industry has promised again and again, and if you just take this or that right away from an injured party, your rates will go down. They never have,' Attorney Joe Raspanti mentioned. Landry also plans to sign the hands-free distracted driving bill into law, which prohibits drivers from using their cell phones outside of a mount while driving. New report identifies Ascension Parish ammonia plant as top air toxic polluter in US Gov. Jeff Landry signs car insurance reform bills at Governor's Mansion Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after criticizing president's 'big beautiful bill' 'Blessed and grateful': Teen survivor of Utah murder-suicide graduates high school Scientists ID new prehistoric sea creature: Nearly 40 feet long with 'crushing' teeth Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
