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Returning Officers from across the country have made their official declarations of the election results in their regions, and those declarations point to the incumbent People’s Progressive Party winning the elections and remaining in Government. The Elections Commission is still to make the final declaration, but the declared results from the 10 districts have been […]
A Cummings Lodge man who reportedly set his house on fire after brutally stabbing his wife to death, has also died as a result of burns that he sustained in the fire. A police report said the incident took place at around 1:30 this morning at Second Street, Cummings Lodge on the East Coast of […]
The US Embassy was among observer groups that monitored Monday’s elections and the process that has followed with the counting and tabulating of the results. US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, who headed the embassy’s observer team said Guyana is proving that it is a matured democracy and she is proud of the election day […]
With the We Invest in Nationhood party set to make its entry into the National Assembly following Monday’s elections and its Leader remaining sanctioned by the US Government, US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, today said the US Government would find ways to work around sanctioned elected officials, although it would not engage with an […]
While praising the voting day process at Monday’s elections, the Commonwealth Observer Group noted several concerns about the overall electoral process in Guyana, and has offered a menu of recommendations. In presenting the Group’s interim statement this morning, the Head of the Observer Mission, former Foreign Minister of Tonga, Mrs Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, said the Commonwealth […]
The size of the voters’ list was among primary issues raised heading into Monday’s election, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission (CEOM) said, as it recommended that extensive work and even re-registration be done to clean the list ahead of future elections. The CARICOM Observer team has been in Guyana since August 26 observing […]
The Guyana Bar Association, which served as one of the local observer groups in yesterday’s Elections, has reported that the voting process was generally smooth and peaceful across the country. In a statement, the Association said it dispatched a team of its members countrywide to observe the voting process, from the preparation, opening of polls, […]
As the Guyana Elections Commission continues its tabulation of the votes from across the country, the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo this evening said based on his party’s own tabulation of the statements of poll, it has not only won the elections, but will be heading into the Parliament […]
The CARICOM Election Observer Mission issued its preliminary report today and said the elections were conducted peacefully, despite pre-election concerns by some political parties. The Chief of Mission, Josephine Tamai, who is the Chief Elections Officer of Belize, told reporters that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) must be allowed to conclude the electoral process. “We […]
Despite figures showing a crushing loss in its stronghold of Region 10 and defeats in other regions, Presidential Candidate for the APNU, Aubrey Norton is holding on to hope and still believes that his party still has a pathway to victory in the elections. Early numbers have shown that the party has lost some serious […]
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