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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated that his party may seek recount in several areas where it believes there were some minor errors in the vote count or tallying. While not providing details at a midnight press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said the party is waiting on the official results from […]
Despite promising that the majority of the Local Government Elections results would have been made known by last night, the Guyana Elections Commission is still to begin releasing the results from across the country. The two major political parties have both been claiming early victories in a number of areas. While the PPP has indicated […]
As the polls closed at 6 o’clock this evening, Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Vishnu Persaud told News Source that the majority of results for the Local Government Elections should be known by tonight. Under the electoral laws, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is required to deliver the results of the elections within five days, however, […]
A 28-year-old miner from Bartica in Region Seven, was found dead on Sunday afternoon in the Quartzstone Backdam, Cuyuni River. Police have identified the dead miner as Oniel Richardson. According to a statement, the self-employed miner worked in the area and would operate a metal detector as part of his search for gold. On Sunday, […]
Police investigators in Georgetown are probing the death of Nakema Dimitri Deonauth, whose lifeless body was found this morning in his apartment at the corner of Regent and Cummings Street. The investigators believe he was murdered. The dead man was the son of the owners of the popular Nesha’s Flowerland store. His father, Raj Deonauth, […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- Local Government Elections got off to an extremely slow start this morning with voters trickling in at their polling stations across the country. However, many of the country’s political leaders were among some of the early voters in line to cast their ballots in their communiities. President Irfaan Ali and his wife, […]
The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for two men for the murder of GDF Lieutenant Coast Guard, Rondell Douglas. Douglas was shot dead last Wednesday night in North Ruimveldt as he worked as a late night taxi driver. The two men who are wanted for his shooting death have been identified as Jamie […]
A row between two soldiers escalated early this morning when one of them armed himself with a service weapon and shot his colleague dead. The dead soldier has been identified as Private Tevon Daymon. His assailant has been identified as Private Brian Morrison. The incident took place at GDF Camp Stephenson at Timehri just after […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- One week after members of the Disciplined Services went to the local government polls ahead of the rest of the country, the Guyana Elections Commission has revealed that 47% of the more than 9,000 registered Disciplined Services members, cast their ballots. At a press conference today, the Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Aneal […]
The Guyana elections Commission has warned that the use of cameras and cell phones in voting stations is strictly prohibited. The Commission published a notice in the local media today, warning against persons using camera or their phones to snap photographs while in the voting booths. GECOM explained that pursuant to the provisions of Section […]
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