PPP/C concedes defeat, begin clearing out offices
Officials of a number of Government agencies and Ministries seem to be packing up and leaving, ahead of the official announcement of the winner of Monday’s General and Regional elections. Yesterday, amidst reports of movements of files and other official documents, Kaieteur News managed to determine that this was indeed the case. This was a […]
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The people of Guyana demonstrated their maturity when in the face of a delay in the declaration of the 2015 elections they remained calm. Peace prevailed throughout Guyana except for a blip in Sophia. We are glad that people are happy and are waiting to go about their daily lives. Guyana is about to enter […]
ABC envoys call on parties to respect results
Following a visit to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s (PPP/C) Freedom House, Robb Street, headquarters, the American, British and Canadian (ABC) diplomats in Guyana called for political parties to respect the results of Monday’s General and Regional election polls. Speaking to members of the media outside Freedom House, yesterday, Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy, Bryan […]
Election results… GECOM’s new data has Coalition in the lead
After a long wait, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced preliminary results of the May 11, General and Regional elections. The released figures indicate that Guyana may very well be on its way towards being run by a coalition government. During a press conference last evening, GECOM’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, told […]
Release election results -President Carter
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter last evening urged Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) to release the results and called on political leaders to act responsibly. “I call on GECOM to urgently publicize all of the results that it has received and reviewed in Georgetown. Political leaders should act responsibly and allow GECOM to continue its work,” Carter said. […]
Commonwealth observers call for patience and restraint
… Cites vote buying and misuse of state resources By Jarryl Bryan The Commonwealth Observer group yesterday released its findings, citing inflammatory rhetoric and misuse of the state media among issues to go into its report, while issuing calls for patience and restraint as the nation awaits the declaration of Monday’s elections results. Consisting of […]
Polling day Sophia mayhem… “I see people pelting the house and I join them”- accused tells Magistrate
Two teenagers from ‘C’ Field Sophia were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Zamena Ali at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court for their role in last Monday night’s mayhem that resulted in the torching of several vehicles. One of the youths pleaded guilty and is awaiting a Probation Report before receiving his sentence, […]
Donald gone fuh channa
President Jimmy Carter may be old but he ain’t stupid. He come wid a plane and after he land he send de plane back to Trinidad till he need it again. He frighten dem boys in Guyana put couple kilo cocaine inside. He tell dem boys that he too old fuh go to prison and […]
ABC envoys call on parties to respect results
Following a visit to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s (PPP/C) Freedom House, Robb Street, headquarters, the American, British and Canadian (ABC) diplomats in Guyana called for political parties to respect the results of Monday’s General and Regional election polls. Speaking to members of the media outside Freedom House, yesterday, Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy, Bryan […]