Elections

US encourages all registered voters to exercise franchise and parties to respect results

In a message before Guyana faces national and regional elections on Monday, the American Ambassador to Guyana is urging all registered voters to cast their ballot. Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch in her one-paragraph message also said the political parties contesting the elections should respect the outcome. She said the US stands ready to work with […]

President lays out case for re-election with his vision for Guyana

The governing APNU+AFC Coalition packed Durban Park in Georgetown on Saturday night as it wrapped up its rallies across the nation ahead of Monday’s elections. From early afternoon, party supporters streamed into the park as the coalition unveiled its case to be re-elected. Before the large jubilant crowd, incumbent President and Presidential Candidate for the […]

GECOM Fires campaigning presiding officer

The Guyana Elections Commission has cut ties with a Presiding Officer for the Elections after it received information and evidence of her campaigning for the PPP Civic. The woman, Jenny Shaw, was slated to work as a Presiding Officer in the Enmore community on the East Coast of Demerara on Monday. However, once the Elections […]

Early Morning Fire guts Brahma Kumaris Yoga Centre

Firemen were called to the upper High Street, Kingston area early this morning as a fire ripped through the Brahma Kumaris Yoga Centre. The origin of the fire is unknown. There were two women in the building when the blaze started. Both managed to escape unhurt. Reports suggest the Guyana Fire Service was summoned to […]

Commonwealth Observer Mission arrives in Guyana

The Commonwealth Observer Mission has arrived in Guyana ahead of next Monday’s elections and the group has indicated that it will observe and evaluate the electoral process independently and impartially.  This will be the 7th consecutive elections in Guyana to be observed by the Commonwealth. The 11 member group is being headed by former Barbadian […]

PSC urges GECOM to reverse decision on reducing private residences as polling stations

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has joined the People’s Progressive Party in expressing concern over the decision by the Guyana Elections Commission to reduce the number of private residences to be used as polling stations on elections day.  In a statement parroting concerns expressed by the PPP, the PSC said it wants GECOM to reverse […]