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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 […]
An Inspector of Police and three other ranks of the Guyana Police Force are under investigation over the alleged theft of $4 Million from a Chinese national who had just won big at a city Casino. The incident reportedly took place early last week. The Guyana Police Force only released information about it this afternoon […]
A partnership between the Government of Guyana, the High Commission of India and the CARICOM Secretariat will see more Guyanese amputees having access to prosthetic limbs through a project led by the Kalpataru Projects International Limited. Already, 35 amputees have been provided with prosthetic limbs and another 50 are line to benefit. At the launch […]
Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, has cautioned members of the Police Force that there will be consequences for any action taken outside of the established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Force policies. He made the comments to the Officers this morning at a muster at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary. The Police Public Relations Office reported […]
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