Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear EditorI must confess I was very gratified to see the number of young people who were lining up early yesterday to spend 11 hours in (relatively) close confinement doing their civic duty in this time of viral political and covid19 contagion. The face masks seem especially appropriate at this time because they provided prophylactic […]

— but acknowledged need for quickening the pace of recount By Gabriella Chapman THE A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) have commended the recount process thus far, even though the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has criticised the current pace as slow. Day three on Friday got off on a […]

…as GECOM sees improvements in recount process AS of Friday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to count votes contained in 108 ballots boxes drawn from Region One (Barima-Waini), Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) as it sees improvements in the National Recount Process.On the first day of the […]

…GECOM Chair tells Jagdeo as he asked for resumption of verification process GENERAL Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, is maintaining that his party has beaten the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) by over 15,000 votes. He wrote the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), […]

Dear Editor, EVER since the controversial no-confidence motion, there have been in my observations, colluded attempts by local and international agencies to oust the current coalition government through exaggerated claims and unfounded conclusions. Based on subjective opinions from the opposition members, the international community has called for measures to maintain “democracy,” yet the alleged wrongdoings […]

Dear Editor, The coalition’s victory in 2015 came as a result of an over-performance is Region 4. The ruling APNUAFC coalition amassed an impressive 110,000 votes and the PPP/C 70,000 vote, a difference of 40,000 catapulting it into Office, supplanting: the PPP/C after Twenty Three long years.  The coalition knew that facing a resurging PPPC […]

-fresh youthful faces to serve on RDC WITH the APNU+AFC coalition gaining 86% of the regional votes cast at the March 2 elections, the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) will return to the management of the coalition as was the case for many decades. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) managed to rake in about 3000 votes […]

PRESIDENT David Granger, on Sunday morning, met former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mr. Bruce Golding and his team from the Organisation of American States (OAS) Observer Mission in Guyana. The meeting was held at the Ministry of the Presidency. President Granger, during his briefing, said that the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections were […]

GENERAL-SECRETARY of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo, on Sunday met with representatives of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Electoral Observer Mission, led by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. During the meeting, held at the party’s headquarters, Freedom House, Robb Street, Georgetown, the PPP general-secretary raised several issues of concern. He pointed […]

…Nurse attacked during Opposition-led protest calls for peace; recounts harrowing tale THE nurse whose vehicle was damaged by a mob last week Friday on the West Coast Berbice (WCB) is calling on Guyanese to keep the peace, even as she and others struggle to get over the trauma of the street violence led by PPP […]