The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Monday announced that there would be 2,299 polling stations across the country for the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. The elections management authority said that of that number 166 of the stations would be at private residences. GECOM said that information was provided to representatives of the coalition A Partnership for National ...

The Guyana Police Force Monday afternoon confirmed that several persons were injured when unidentified persons hurled missiles at a vehicle that was transporting persons from the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) rally at Albion. “Two women were struck to their head and shoulder, respectively, and a female child was struck to her left hand,” police said. Demerara Waves Online News ...

A Guyanese man, wanted by the United States (US) to face narcotics charges, was among  four persons refused bail for allegedly being in possession of 100 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Dataram and a number of other persons were arrested on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 661 Fourth Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara.  The others are Anjanie ...

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo was a no-show at the Whim Magistrates’ Court on Monday to answer a private criminal charge of uttering racially divisive remarks. At least 100 supporters of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) stood outside the  Whim Magistrates’ Court.  While they cleared the way for Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram and his team to enter and exit, they booed ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Sunday urged supporters to turn out in large numbers to vote and warned the opposition that any attempt to derail the May 11, 2015 general elections would result in “big trouble.” Addressing thousands of party faithful at Albion, East Berbice, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said his party was “prepared for any eventuality” and ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Sunday competed with the opposition coalition for space over the future of the ailing sugar industry and credibility surrounding the Jaganite brand of politics. Against the backdrop of A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) promising that it would not close the sugar industry but it would be revived and the ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Elisabeth Harper would not be participating in a debate with her counterpart from the opposition coalition, Moses Nagamootoo because he has allegedly attacked and disrespected her on the campaign trail. “It is for this reason that we view a public debate with Moses Nagamootoo as inappropriate, as he himself has been disrespectful ...

A prominent city businessman, disgruntled by the way Guyana is being run, announced in Canada that he and other entrepreneurs planned to pack up and leave if the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) wins again. Owner of Action Tyre, Ron Persaud told a breakfast meeting in Canada between the opposition coalition’s two top candidates and Guyanese there that the ...

A fire of electrical origin Saturday night destroyed a mechanical workshop at Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI), Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara, sources said. The workshop and contained boat-building tools and other items. Investigators believed that the facility’s electrical wiring was faulty. That blaze occurred at about 11 PM. Back in June , 2010 an electrical fire aboard the trawler, Captain ...

A man, who slept away with a lighted cigarette in his hand, narrowly cheated death after the house he was living in was engulfed in flames  Saturday night, according to well-placed sources. The fire occurred at 214 Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara around 11:15 PM. The house is owned by Radesh Singh who lives in the United States. The lone ...