Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 0:02 by GxMedia The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says a check of the Statements of Poll that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) had claimed were fake has revealed that such claim is inaccurate. But President Donald Ramotar is sticking by his numbers, saying that his were obtained from the Returning Officers that ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 21:07 by GxMedia Just hours after the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) detailed several alleged discrepancies in the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections, the American, British and Canadian missions here said the outcome would not change. “Despite investigating, in collaboration with other observer missions, repeated allegations of irregularities, we have found ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 19:54 by GxMedia by Zena Henry President Donald Ramotar Friday afternoon questioned the integrity of international observers, suggesting that they might unwelcomed in countries where they certify rigged elections as free and fair. Ramotar  pointed out that more observers help to boost confidence in a country’s electoral process but they must be wary ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 18:40 by GxMedia Guyana’s business community and civil society organisations on Friday piled pressure on the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) to concede defeat in last Monday’s general elections, even as that party insisted that it would not do so until a recount proves it has lost. A PPPC candidate, Dr Peter Ramsaroop ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 17:42 by GxMedia The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday said an official declaration of the winner of the May 11, 2015 general and  regional elections would not be made until after midday Saturday to allow parties to make objections but that has is being rejected by the coalition. “Since the last declaration ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 16:46 by GxMedia The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC), which is closely aligned to the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), welcomed and congratulated the new government to be led by Retired Brigadier David Granger. “The IAC understands that there will be some exuberance in these celebrations; however it must not be to the discomfort ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 16:19 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The  People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration seem split over the acceptance of an election loss some 23 –years after being the governing party in Guyana. The party lost to the recently formed unity party the A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition, whose ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 13:14 by GxMedia As controversy continues over the accuracy of last Monday’s general election results, the European Union (EU) on Friday called on contesting parties to settle any dispute through the courts. “The EU calls on all actors to respect the legal procedures and address any possible grievance through the channels established by ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 1:55 by GxMedia by Zena Henry and Denis Chabrol The incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) and A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change coalition (APNU+ AFC) were Thursday on a collision course over the need for a total recount of all votes cast in the Monday, May 11 general and regional ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 May 2015, 0:21 by GxMedia The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) has already written the Returning Officers (ROs) of 9 of Guyana’s 10 electoral districts requesting a total recount of all ballots cast in those districts, with at least two of the ROs already turning down the requests.  The party announced today that owing to ...