News

by Zena Henry The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) would be having a stern word with the suppliers of stamps used May 10, Election Day after they would have become dysfunctional just hours into the voting period. At an press conference held at the  agency’s media centre High Street, the top officials reported that there were no major incidents reported just ...

President  Donald Ramotar, his wife Deolatchmie and other relatives casted their ballots at the St. John Secondary School, Waterloo Street, Georgetown on Monday May 11 as the nation goes to the polls in General and Regional Elections. The Head of State’s message to the nation was, “vote for peace, progress and prosperity,” after explaining to the media that he expects ...

by Zena Henry Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally on Monday assured voters at Central High School , Smyth Street, Georgetown that their votes would be counted although a defective stamp was used to stamp ballot papers and several numbers were handwritten. He apologized to those gathered and assured them that their ballots cast would be ...

by Zena Henry Leader of the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), David Granger said former United States (US) President Jimmy Carter discussed with him the future governance model for Guyana after the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. Granger made the disclosure shortly after himself and wife, Sandra, cast their ballots at the ...

Leader of the main opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+ AFC) David Granger and his wife, Sandra, were among thousands of persons countrywide who voted when polls opened at 6AM Monday morning for what is widely expected to be a keenly contested general election. They cast their ballot  at Enterprise Primary School, D’urban Backlands, Lodge. ...

Anti-Narcotics police Sunday afternoon intercepted more than 20 kilogrammes of cocaine  in frozen seafood shortly before it was about to be loaded on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Trinidad, according to sources. Four persons, who took the consignment to the airport, have been arrested so far.  Sources said police were still looking for the shipper who is from La Jalousie, ...

Police on Sunday issued a wanted bulletin for a man in connection with the importation of a large quantity of arms and ammunition last week, according to sources. He has been identified as Mark “Demon” Cromwell. He is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to a matter of Possession of Firearms and Ammunition that is under investigation. Police ...

by Zena Henry The Union of South American Nations (UNSAUR) has joined foreign missions in the observation of Guyana’s General and Region Elections 2015 with the specific objective of eyeing the implementation of best practices during the country’s electoral process. The regional body, of which Guyana alone speaks English as the main tongue, delivered a high profile team of regional ...

APNU+AFC member Kamala Persaud Saturday evening advised coalition supporters not to wear their party colours when they go out to vote on May 11th lest they be hassled at the polling stations. Persaud, who hails from Bartica, told the thousands of supporters who turned out to the coalition’s last rally before elections on Monday, that it is quite likely that ...

by Zena Henry The A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition has rejected any possible attempts to delay the announcement of the country’s General and Regional Election results, just hours away. The Guyana Election Commission has suggested a 48-hour time-span-at best by Wednesday morning- should be enough before citizens know who their next president is. However, with ...