Last Updated on Saturday, 9 May 2015, 2:05 by GxMedia The calls from various circles are for the cleaning up a real nasty campaign. Call again. Guyanese (and foreigners) can call again unsuccessfully, as one struggling, increasingly desperate side is not listening. For a frenzied PPP has accumulated a record of practiced malice that is premeditated and calculated; there is no ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 9 May 2015, 1:56 by GxMedia There exists no compact between voters and candidates in our electoral system: we vote for lists of largely anonymous people. Voters are more influenced by what they see rather than what they hear or read and, regrettably, what they tend to see is race. To this extent our electoral system ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 9 May 2015, 1:47 by GxMedia On the eve of Guyana’s Elections, the Women & Gender Equality Commission urges all the political  parties and women in particular who are candidates to lead by example. They must demonstrate tolerance of opinions and perspectives and uphold with respect the freedom of association and the constitutional right of all ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 9 May 2015, 1:39 by GxMedia In the midst of all that is being said and done in the lead up to elections, I share some of my own thoughts.  Let us greet Election Day and beyond with a “Shalom” – the Hebrew word that is most often translated to mean “peace” but from its roots ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 9 May 2015, 1:34 by GxMedia Soldiers, trained in internal security, are being deployed across the country to support the police before, during and after elections in ensuring stability, the Guyana Defence Force said Friday night. “Currently, our troops are being deployed to various parts of the country to deal with any circumstance that require our ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 May 2015, 21:51 by GxMedia A large number of guns and ammunition were seized Friday afternoon at a city wharf by customs officers during the clearance of a barrel that was sent from the United States (US),  Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Kurshid Sattaur said. Police later said in a statement that ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 May 2015, 21:28 by GxMedia The Guyana Police Fore says it is unaware of any plan to “illegally” detain persons thus preventing them from voting on Election Day. The Force’s communication department on May 8 said that it has been professional throughout the election period and remain that way as Election Day draws closer. The ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 May 2015, 21:21 by GxMedia Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timheri, Friday afternoon, in advance of the May 11 general and regional elections, the Carter Centre said in a brief statement. Carter is co-leading the Carter Center’s 100th election observation mission, which features a team of more than 50 observers and is co-led by ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 May 2015, 19:36 by GxMedia by Zena Henry A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition seems un-ecstatic over recent claims that Guyana may have struck oil. The announcement came a day before the Coalition registered its delight that should the country strike the mineral, a responsible and corrupt- free government would be ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 May 2015, 19:25 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) is banking on an additional 10 percent vote that they think will afford them victory in the next two days when General and regional elections are held, but warned that its supporters would not take ...