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An investigation has been launched into the murder of 63-year-old security guard, Paul Devonish. He died on Tuesday night after being stabbed by one of his colleagues, 29-year-old Nicosie Clement. Both security guards were attached to the Sheriff Security company. A Police report stated that the incident took place in the Barrack Street area in […]
Claiming political discrimination and financial persecution, the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party has written to both the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres and the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Carla Barnett, to not only highlight the “plight” faced by its candidates in the lead up to the September […]
In an appeal to residents of Leguan, encouraging them not to gamble with their future at the upcoming elections, President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday promised that the next People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government would improve the healthcare services on the island, starting with the reconstruction of the Leguan Hospital. “The next five years must deliver […]
The Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) party has moved to the High Court to challenge its exclusion from the ballots in three regions for the General Elections. The challenge, which comes just two days before the members of the Disciplined Services go to the polls, also takes into account the omission of the Assembly for Liberty […]
The Government of Guyana commissioned the new state-of-the-Art Tuschen Secondary School this afternoon on the East Bank Essequibo. Describing the school as ‘second to none’, the President said the new school can match any such facility in Latin America and the Caribbean. He said the school is not just another building, but it lays the […]
Presidential Candidate of the APNU, Aubrey Norton, has unveiled a plan that would see every Guyanese who is 18-years-old or older, earns less than $300,000 to $400,000 per month and not being previous owners of a house lot being allocated a free house lot under an APNU-led government. At a rally in the town of […]
In a right about turn less than two weeks before the elections, the Guyana Elections Commission has announced its decision to prohibit the use of cellphones within polling stations. The announcement came on Tuesday night, just one week after the Commission initially decided against banning cellphones from within polling stations. In the new decision banning […]
While noting that it did not observe voter registration and has not assessed the quality of the voters’ list, international observer, The Carter Center in a pre-election report said it has also not received any evidence of inflation of the voters’ list. The official list of electors has 757,690 voters listed. A number of the […]
The Carter Center, which is among the international observes in Guyana for September’s elections, in a pre-election report has expressed concern that local banks may be over-complying with U.S. sanctions with regard to the closure of accounts for candidates of the WIN party. The Carter Center said it believes the move undermines political participation and […]
Presidential Candidate of the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM), Amanza Walton- Desir, has again raised concern over the Official List of Electors (OLE), which has been made public by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). According to GECOM’s data, the Official List of Electors has a total of 757,690 electors,which is almost the same as the country’s […]
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