Guyana News

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally is reporting “great turnout” so far for today’s general elections.

(Trinidad Express) The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago yesterday warned that it will not tolerate “contempt”, following remarks by National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, Gary Griffith, that “every country in the world ….will

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s crowd-pleasing  batsman Yuvraj Singh has told cricket fans it is simply a matter  of time before he is back playing again after being diagnosed  with a non-malignant lung tumour.

(Trinidad Express) Another former member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force has been arrested by police in connection with the alleged assassination plot against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and three Cabinet members.

The Alliance For Change today said that a problem where 135 of its agents in Region Five had been locked out of polling stations has been cleared up.

Guyanese across the ten administrative regions headed to the polls today to elect a new government and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday emphasized that everything is in place.

The body of a woman was yesterday discovered around noon in a hotel room of Caesar’s Palace at Delph Street, Campbellville.

Police last evening said that a man was shot dead in Cuyuni/Mazaruni yesterday after he and two others attacked law enforcers who were carrying ballot boxes to two interior areas.

GECOM Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally says that the Commission will stand by its decision not to allow party polling agents to vote where they are stationed today saying that the law does not provide for them to do so.

For a long time now, Guyana has been a nation ripe with civic displeasure as expressed in personal decisions to disengage from the electoral process and on a more crucial level, the decision to simply pack up and leave.

Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin is here for the general elections and said that his presence signifies that the OAS considers the elections process important.

Overseas and local electoral observer teams were yesterday finalising preparations for scrutiny of polls today when Guyanese vote to elect a new government.

Guyana Plastic Recyclers at Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara is into grinding plastic bottles and shipping the chips to China and while this venture could bring about a cleaner environment residents are finding the venture a bit too noisy.

The PPP/C last night dispatched a letter to Chief Election Officer, Gocool Boodoo complaining about

A ten-year-old Mon Repos Primary School student was struck down by a minibus on Agriculture Road early last evening while returning from a nearby gas station where he went to purchase kerosene.

The Ministry of Education has launched a 35-page ‘Protocol for Safe and Secure Schools’ that aims to equip school managers with the skills to create conducive learning environments and to respond to crises.

At the conclusion of a recent Organization of American States (OAS) security meeting held in Trinidad and Tobago, Ministers of Public Security in the Americas agreed to cooperate so that police training and Technology Management in the Hemisphere can be improve.

Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) has been hosting a number of infomercials aimed at showing communities cooperating with each other, a component of a social cohesion project it embarked on with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

As authorities probe the crash landing of a small Cessna 150 aircraft on Wakenaam on Wednesday, questions have been raised about the pilot’s flight plan and the handling of the emergency by air traffic control.

U.S. Embassy representatives shared information  on tertiary education in the United States with more than 1,500 students during visits to schools on the East Coast of Demerara, in Berbice, Georgetown, Linden, and Essequibo while observing the 12th Annual International Education Week from November 14-18.