Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 20:36 by GxMedia Hours after police recovered a gun stolen from a policeman during a multi-million dollar robbery outside the Bourda Post Office last week, a man was arraigned on Wednesday in connection with the heist. Stravo Evans of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara and Curtis Street, Albouystown, Georgetown was slapped with six charges ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 18:07 by GxMedia The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Permanent Representative of Guyana to the Organization, Bayney Karran, today signed the agreement by which the institution will send an Electoral Observation Mission to the general elections of May 11 in the Caribbean country. The ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 11:40 by GxMedia The United States is funding local and hemispheric observers to the tune of US$300,000 to help boost confidence in the electoral process and acceptance of the results of the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections, the American embassy said. “It is our hope that international and domestic observation will ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 11:24 by GxMedia (BDNEWS24).-South America’s one of the poorest economies, Guyana is keen to work closely with Bangladesh. It’s newly appointed non-resident High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jairam Ronald Gajraj called on Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Wednesday. He told the foreign minister that a joint commission could be formed to identify the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 3:14 by GxMedia Newly minted People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) candidate for next month’s general and regional elections, Clinton Urling on Tuesday brushed off questions about why he opted to endorse the incumbent party whose government has been tainted by allegations of corruption and mismanagement. “If you have the evidence and you show ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 2:15 by GxMedia Women’s rights on Tuesday seemed set to become a major campaign issue for the opposition coalition and the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). First it was the PPPC when it rolled out then Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Elisabeth Harper, who later on went on to ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 23:40 by GxMedia Following are the List of Candidates for the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections, accompanied by a statement by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC).  The List of Candidates was presented to the Chief Elections Officer on Tuesday, April 7- Nomination Day- at City Hall. We today submit our ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 23:31 by GxMedia Following is the list of candidates for the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) that was presented  Tuesday to the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield at City Hall. National Top Up List 1.      John Adams 2.      Beverly Alert 3.      Richard Allen 4.      Amna Ally 5.      ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 19:57 by GxMedia Former President Bharrat Jagdeo is on his People’s Progressive Party Civic’s list of candidates while Vanessa Kissoon is off the coalition’s list for the upcoming general and regional elections. Opposition Leader David Granger, shortly after witnessing the presentation of his list of candidates, dismissed Jagdeo as a liar. “Mr. Jagdeo ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 17:15 by GxMedia The Council of Management of the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) on Monday announced that it has finalised arrangements for the commencement of its 2015 Elections Monitoring and Observation Exercise. “Due to the shortness of time and limited resources, the EAB programme for the upcoming National and Regional Elections will be ...