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As early as sunrise, Upper East Bank Demerara residents turned out in their numbers to exercise their democratic right at 84 polling stations within that district for Guyana’s General and Regional Elections on March 2, 2020. A total of 34,594 persons were eligible to vote in the Upper East Bank District starting from Diamond Primary […]

…urge timely results by GECOM INTERNATIONAL Observers, while applauding Guyana for conducting an almost seamless General and Regional Elections, underscored the importance of the delivery of timely results by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Monday’s elections, in which more than 600,000 Guyanese were listed to vote, was observed by five International Missions – the Carter […]

THE Guyanese electorate took to the polls on March 2, 2020 to choose a government of their choice for the next five years, in what was dubbed `The Mother of All Elections’. On the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) corridor, between Plantation Houston and Little Diamond, a total of 22, 179 voters were expected to […]

JENNIFER BERCHNMAN, a mother of six went out and voted on Monday, with her new born baby in her arms. The baby, days old, was wrapped in a blanket as her mother braved the sunshine. Berchman voted at the Arapaima Primary School in the Municipality of Lethem and it was her second time voting. She […]

NO stumbling block prevented residents of Region 10 from casting their ballots at the various polling stations on Monday. Whether they were wheelchair-bound, with crutches, with walking canes, with a young baby in a mother’s hands, or an elderly person being carried, residents were prompt and eager to get their fingers stained after putting their […]

…says first-time voters By Alisa Lashley THE East Coast Demerara came alive at the wee hours of Monday morning as the ‘mother of all elections’ emerged in all her glory, with varying villages experiencing a parade of collaboration between the young and the old who anxiously sounded their horns while chanting well-known proverbs and also […]

DESPITE efforts of the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOMs) to facilitate smooth elections, there were several reported cases in which electors felt that there was hindrance to their democratic right to vote. The gravest result of these reports was realised in Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) where it was alleged that an […]

By Pastor Richard Avert JamesMOST Guyanese know that the electoral process in Guyana is a somewhat significant source of anxiety or stress in their lives. The stress and anxiety levels hold true regardless of if you are a supporter of the two major parties  APNU+AFC  and PPP/C or one of the other smaller political parties. […]

By Staff Reporter …GECOM says working to make final declaration as “early as possible”…returning Officers should have declarations by midday AS the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) work through last evening to tabulate the ballots from Monday’s regional and general elections, the declarations from the Returning Officers (RO) should be ready by midday today. This is […]

DESPITE a few hiccups, the voting process in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) went smoothly on Monday, when hundreds showed up to vote in the Regional and General Elections. Most schools and community centres were utilised as polling stations.Although some people were unsure where they had to vote, before the close of polls, this […]