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Jagdeo hits out at Carter Center over statement on closure of WIN Candidates’ bank accounts

Incensed over a pre-election report published by international observer mission, The Carter Center, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today scolded the Elections Observer Mission for attempting to “dictate” the operations of local banks that have taken a decision to cut ties with candidates of We Invest in Nationhood […]

Political parties make pitch to GDF, Police and Prison Service ahead of Disciplined Services vote

On the eve of members of the Disciplined Services casting their ballots in this year’s General Elections, the political parties contesting the elections have been making their direct pitches to the members of the Guyana Defence Force, the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Prison Service, who will be voting on Friday. Members of the […]

WIN writes UN and CARICOM over closure of candidates’ accounts by commercial banks

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 […]

President warns Leguan residents not to gamble with their vote in upcoming elections

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 […]

$864.7 Million Tuschen Secondary School Commissioned as “second to none” learning facility

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 […]

GECOM bans use of cellphones within polling stations; Warns of criminal charges for violations

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 […]