Isolated reports of opposition campaigning in city’s polling stations
–PPP/C writes GECOM, int’l observers The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), during a mid-afternoon polling update yesterday, said that the party was generally satisfied with voting but they have written international observers and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) about polling agents and others wearing parties’ paraphernalia. Stressing that these cases were isolated, the party’s spokesman [...]
GECOM stands ground on Polling Agents
….we will not deviate from the law-Dr Surujbally Hours before the polls were set to open yesterday at least one of the parties contesting this year’s General and Regional Elections raised the issue of a possible disenfranchisement of its polling agents but this was quickly denounced by the Chairman of the Elections Commission Dr [...]
APNU urges GECOM to reconsider voting arrangements for Polling and Counting Agents
Hours before the opening of polls, one of the major parties contesting this year’s elections has expressed concern that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has not issued Polling and Counting agents with certificates of Employment that would allow them to vote at the polling stations to which they have been deployed. Prime Ministerial [...]
Man shot dead by police escorting ballot boxes
Investigations are being conducted into the fatal shooting of a man of mixed race which occurred yesterday at Maripa Dukwari Landing, Cuyuni River. Police in a press release stated that initial information obtained from two police ranks at the scene was that they were on duty escorting two ballot boxes to Maripa Dukwari [...]
Dem boys seh….Hit da road RAT!
Today people going and vote. Nuff of dem voting fuh de first time and some of dem confuse. One man tell dem boys that he decide to vote fuh de party that had de best music in de advertisement. He claim that he don’t know de words but he like de music. Some people decide [...]
Emanie are Digicel League champions
- GNA, clubs challenged to increase players’ pool By Rawle Welch Digicel’s Sponsorship and Events Manager Gavin Hope speaking during the presentation ceremony following the final of the National League which ended on Sunday challenged the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) and the clubs to increase the players’ pool. In the final, Emanie defeated Doves 47-16 [...]
First Street Warriors are Ministry 7:15 Inter-Block football champs
First Street Warriors, the Georgetown zone winners, romped to the overall glory on Saturday night at the Georgetown Football Club ground, when they beat Grove Back Street 9-8 on sudden death penalties to claim the $150,000 1st prize in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports organized 7:15 Inter-Block football title. In soggy conditions due [...]
Albion congratulates Motie
The President, Executives, players and members of Albion Community Centre Cricket Club has congratulated 16 year-old left arm spinner, Gudakesh Motie Khanai on his newly appointed position as the Captain of Guyana Under-17 team. Motie, who is the club’s youngest player to represent Guyana at the Under-15 level, has been serving his club very well [...]
Boujhnarine Persaud’s 100 and 4 for 20 steers Port Mourant B to victory
An outstanding all-round performance from Boujhnarine Persaud of Port Mourant B highlighted latest play in the New Building Society Second Division cricket competition in the Ancient County. Persaud slammed a solid 109 which included 12 fours and 5 sixes to help his team reach 206 for 9 in their allotted 30 overs against Belvedere United [...]
‘Golden Jags’ performance propels Guyanese to support football
With strings of positive results from Guyana’s National Football team, ‘Golden Jaguars’ in the CONCACAF FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil Qualifiers, Guyana will now be able to compete against the bigger guns (Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador) next year in the third stage of the qualifiers with their first match set for Mexico. The [...]
Sheema Mangar’s family erects new tomb stone in her memory
- continues to await justice A pink cemented tomb stone was erected in the memory of the late Sheema Ann Mangar on the exact spot where she was struck down on North Road by a robber in September of last year. Last week Sunday members of her family visited the area where they reconstructed the [...]
Victoria Primary victorious at Schools’ Quiz Competition
The Victoria Primary School on the East Coast Demerara, was victorious at the village’s recent Schools’ Quiz Competition. Its opponent was St. Andrews Primary School of neighbouring village, Cove and John. The competition was held at the Victoria Primary, as part of the village’s 172 Anniversary celebrations. The students were quizzed on the ‘History of [...]
Shortage at Blood Bank – donors being urged to come forward
The Ministry of Health’s blood bank is currently in a threatening position as almost all of the units of blood have been exhausted during the past few weeks. Kaieteur News understands that this severe shortage is due to numerous operations, including open heart surgeries that were recently conducted. Also affecting the supply is the reduction [...]
Ice factory operations upsetting Mon Repos residents
For years, residents of the East Coast Demerara community of Mon Repos, North, have had to put up with the noise emanating from the operations of a privately owned ice factory. But today the situation has reached a stage where they are no longer prepared to put up with the constant hum of a large [...]
Woman found with throat slit in city hotel
A woman who has been identified as a commercial sex worker was found with her throat slashed sometime around 14:00 hours yesterday at the Caesar’s Palace Hotel in Delph Street Campbellville. According to reports the discovery was made by an employee of the hotel who went to the room to inform the guest [...]
Today is Election Day!!!
…470,000+ Guyanese head to the poll Bharrat Jagdeo, the outgoing President has declared that today is the day when over 470,000 registered and eligible Guyanese will go to the polls to vote for a new Head of State and Government. All systems have been cleared to go and up to press time the [...]
Unlawful to prevent employees from voting today
– Labour Minister Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir has assured that it is unlawful for any company to prevent its employees from being allowed to exercise their franchise today which has also been declared a Public Holiday. He says that it is unlawful for an employer to deny its employees this right, especially on [...]
Historic Elections in Two CARICOM Countries Today
For the first time in the history of politics in the Caribbean, General Elections will be simultaneously held in territories-Guyana and St Lucia. The people of Guyana and St Lucia will go to the polls to elect their respective governments for the next five years in what political observers are predicting will be [...]
CARICOM, OAS here to monitor elections
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is fielding a 15-member observer team for today’s General Elections. The team is being led by Hensley Robinson of Barbados and Lorna Simon of Antigua and Barbuda, who have been selected with the Core Group. According to a CARICOM statement, Robinson and Simon arrived in Guyana on Tuesday. The [...]
Lack of equipment cited as gap in neonatal care
– Dr Singh Although there has been a noticeable decrease in Guyana’s infant mortality rate, there is a dire need for the infiltration of sophisticated machines in the health care system. This assertion has been made by Canada based Paediatrician, Dr. Narendra Singh. However, during an interview, he revealed that efforts are being [...]
Canadian Court rules against Guysuco
A Canadian court has ruled against the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), in a lawsuit which was brought by Bedessee Imports Limited over the “Demerara Gold” label. Over a year ago, Bedessee sued GuySuCo, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, David Narine, said to be a representative of the corporation in the United States, and various newspapers [...]
Teen’s foot severed as a result of two car collision
He was supposed to be at home preparing for school tomorrow, but instead, 13-year-old Ronaldo Jackson of 196 Block Y Cornelia Ida (CI), West Coast Demerara is currently in the Male Surgical Ward 2 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with a severed left leg. Jackson’s leg was severed from below the knee as [...]
Is the PNC slowly taking over the PPP?
Dear Editor, I have been mulling this thought over since the campaign season started and the former PNC-ites shifted to the PPP. Is the PNC slowly taking over the PPP? If the PPP is to win the polls, what does this mean for the future of the PPP? A lot of PNC-ites have migrated to [...]
Standards Bureau concludes workshop to develop lab testing capabilities
CARICOM Regional Organisation and Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) this week concluded a five-day workshop which focused on strengthening the capabilities of testing laboratories in Guyana so that they can provide reliable, competent and internationally recognized services. The workshop titled ‘Better Validation and Verification’ was held [...]
UGSS affairs in hands of an individual who’s out of touch with its members
Dear Editor, Mr. Godfrey Adams has just recently left the service of the University of Guyana. This is worth noting because Mr. Adams is a former Organising Secretary of the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) whose service to that Union and to national trade unionism deserves public commendation. Unlike so many others, his activities [...]
