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 tell Guyanese in a canned interview on state-run television that ...

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 Lists of Candidates for the 2015 General and Regional Elections ...

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.      Shamir Ally 6.      Mark Archer 7.      Aseef Balmacoon 8.      Ivan ...

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 has been known for saying things which are not consistent ...

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 restricted to conducting a limited test of the Revised List ...

The non-governmental civil society organisation, Blue CAPS, was Monday busy defending its integrity and political neutrality after its Founder, city businessman Clinton Urling announced that he would be on the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic’s list of candidates for the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. Urling is still a member of Blue CAPS. Following is a statement by ...

Prominent Amerindian Rights activist, Jean La Rose is the opposition coalition’s Deputy Representative of the List, according to a well-placed source. La Rose will be the deputy to Professor Harold Lutchman. Lutchman and La Rose are expected to be among top officials of A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) who would be presenting their list of candidates ...

Fire Easter Monday night destroyed a huge two-flat wooden house at Parfaite Harmone, West Bank Demerara. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle confirmed that the blaze occurred at First Avenue. He said fire fighters managed to prevent the fire from destroying two nearby houses. No one was injured. A citizen reporter said the building was unoccupied.

A family of three was Easter Monday rendered homeless by fire at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. The name of one of the occupants has been given as Bernadette Hinds. The fire of electrical origin severely damaged the wooden house at Plantain Walk, Beterverwagting. No one was injured.

An Essequibo Coast man is feared drowned following the collision of two boats on the Pomeroon River near Charity. Investigators said the missing man is 21 years old Kelton Benjamin of Coffee Grove. Authorities believe there is a very slim chance that he has survived the mishap and they are already saying that he is “missing and feared drowned.” A ...