By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
17 hours after the close of polls on Monday, the Guyana Elections Commission has declared that enough Statements of Poll have not been processed to predict any tendency in the election. GECOM’s Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally said himself and other Commissions, including Vincent Alexander and Sase Gunraj, have so far gone through more than 1500 […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2015
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Former President Bharrat Jagdeo is not impressed with the manner in which the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission has been dealing with complaints of alleged irregularities in Monday’s elections, as expressed by the governing People’s Progressive Party. At a 2:30am press conference on Tuesday, Jagdeo said Surujbally appears ready to talk about “how good […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2015
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The two main political parties, the APNU+AFC and the PPP Civic are this morning calling on Guyanese to remain calm and resist provocations. The calls came in wake of hours of unrest in the Sophia community in South Georgetown late on Elections night. A number of cars and a stable belonging to a resident of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2015
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The incumbent People’s Progressive Party on Monday afternoon denied that it was preparing to challenge the results of the elections should those results be unfavorable to the party. However, party officials raised allegations of persons voting multiple times and being able to remove the ink which was used to stain their fingers. The Guyana Elections […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2015
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Presidential Candidate of the APNU+AFC coalition David Granger was forced to head down to a polling station at the St. Sidwell’s Primary School to allow Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Kwame McCoy to leave the area. Scores of persons gathered outside the school compound on Monday afternoon after receiving information that McCoy was visiting […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2015
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The Electoral Observer Mission of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), in its preliminary assessment of Monday’s elections, has registered its dissatisfaction with the provisions put in place to allow for elderly and disabled persons to cast their ballots. The laws of Guyana cater for proxy voting but persons wishing to cast proxy votes for […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2015
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The APNU+AFC Coalition is still monitoring the voting process across the country on Elections Day and is generally satisfied with the voting process “so far”. Co-Chairman of the APNU+AFC coalition, Raphael Trotman told reporters at an early Monday afternoon press conference that the coalition remains confident of victory when the results are announced. He said […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2015
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The Chairman and Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission on Monday midday sought to give assurances that the voting process was going well despite some hiccups at a few polling stations. At three polling stations, the six digit stamp used to mark the ballot paper broke and had to be replaced. The GECOM […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2015
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Four persons from La Jalousie on the Essequibo Coast were taken into custody following the seizure of 135 pounds of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Sunday. The cocaine was found hidden in a shipment of shrimp, fish and other seafood and was being prepared to be shipped to New York city. The bust […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2015
Elections, News
Some voters at one of the polling stations at the Central High School in Georgetown had to be given assurances that their votes will count after the 6 digit stamp being used to mark the ballot paper at the station broke and the ballot clerk reportedly used a pen to write the number on the […]