A two-horse race at the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections is expected to see the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) returning to office for a sixth straight term, according to government’s Chief Spokesman, Dr. Roger Luncheon. Luncheon, who is also an Executive Committee member of the PPP, welcomed the coalition between the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-dominated ...

Guyana’s upcoming general and regional elections are expected to cost more than GUY$2 billion, according to Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield. He told reporters after a news conference that the cost to hold the May 11, 2015 poll would be around GUY$2.4 billion, about the same cost of that of the November 2011 election. Lowenfield said the Guyana Elections Commission ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is considering ways of preventing the voters list from being bloated with the names of dead persons and migrants, apart from conducting a new house-to-house registration in a few years from now. GECOM Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally told a news conference that these include taking steps to use death announcements in the newspapers, radio and ...

Teleperformance on Tuesday announced that it is opening a customer care facility in Georgetown, Guyana later this April.  Teleperformance says its new multichannel contact center will enhance its ability to provide high-quality customer care, sales, and technical support solutions to its clients in English from a nearshore location. The custom-built campus will be located in the heart of downtown, near Georgetown’s historic ...

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo appears set to hit the campaign trail on the Corentyne early next month, even as his ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) mulls a petition for him to be named prime ministerial candidate. PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee told a news conference on Tuesday that the party would likely respond to the petition during the campaign for ...

(AP).-An alliance of three opposition parties won parliamentary elections in St. Kitts and Nevis, denying the former governing party and its prime minister a fifth consecutive term in power, officials said Tuesday. Outgoing Prime Minister Denzil Douglas conceded defeat late Tuesday afternoon, extending his congratulations to the Team Unity coalition led by Timothy Harris, a former minister in his Cabinet. ...

The University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS) on Tuesday demanded that lecturers end a month-long strike and resume pay negotiations or legal action could be taken. Representatives of the UGSS declined to divulge the grounds for planned legal action, but the UGSS Representative on the Council, Elsie Harry said the students’ legitimate expectation for classes has not been met. “With ...

The Ministry of Health has intensified efforts to prevent the reintroduction of measles into Guyana following the outbreak of this infectious disease in the United States of America and other parts of the world. Indigenous Measles and Rubella were eliminated from Guyana and the Region of the Americas in 2002 and 2009 respectively, but remained endemic in some WHO regions. ...

The incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Tuesday suggested that Guyanese might continue to vote along racial lines and that the Alliance For Change would be decimated at the upcoming elections because it has teamed up with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), “I think the AFC has signed their death warrant meaning they are quite likely to be ...

A man chopped his wife severely before committing suicide at their Corentyne home, police said. The woman, 50-year old Totmattie Juianand, was chopped about her body. Police said she was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she has been admitted. Her husband, 58-years old Deonarine Juinanand, was later found hanging from the ceiling in his home. He was pronounced ...