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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 […]
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 […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has received a total of 3,972 applications for proxy voting, and according to the Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Aneal Giddings, those applications are currently being processed. A voter is entitled to vote by proxy at the September 1 General and Regional Elections if he or she is unable to […]
Promising to build on the foundation laid over the last five years, the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) unveiled its 72-page manifesto this evening with a vision to transform Guyana into a respected global leader in climate security, energy security and food security through the effective management of the country’s resources. At the launch of […]
As members of the Disciplined Services prepare to cast their ballots on Friday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is assuring that all systems are in place for the General and Regional Elections. A total of 10,481 members of the Disciplined Services, which include the Guyana Defence Force, the Guyana Police Force, and the Guyana Prison […]
President Irfaan Ali and Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, today commissioned the reconstructed North Ruimveldt Secondary school. A portion of the school was destroyed by fire almost four years ago. The school has been rebuilt at a cost of more than $500 million. At the time of the fire, the school had an enrollment of 512 […]
Guyanese legal luminary, Dr Arif Bulkan, who briefly served as a Court of Appeal Judge in Guyana, has been selected by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC) to join the Caribbean Court of Justice as a Judge. In a statement, the CCJ said Dr. Bulkan will fill the vacancy created by the elevation […]
19-year-old jockey, Kishawn Pereira, lost his life tragically on Sunday evening at the Guyana Cup Horse Race meet in Berbice when he fell from his horse during a race and was trampled. The riderless horse later crossed the finish line as medical teams rushed to assist the young man, who was rushed by ambulance to […]
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