Category: Guyana Chronicle

IT was a bitter sweet moment for Linda Christina, who voted for the very first time in her 66 years. She was ecstatic and smiling when Guyana Chronicle caught up with her, just as she had finished voting. Christina added that the voting process was simple and she followed the instructions.“The process was guided and […]

By Jared Liddell Police on Monday responded quickly to calm the chaos that erupted at the Toevlugt/ Patentia Neighbourhood Democratic Council building following reports that a man was distributing fake National Identification (ID) cards to persons to vote. Regional Commander of District Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Assistant Commissioner, Simon Mc Bean, briefed the members of […]

residents have high expectations By Rabindra Rooplall in MabarumaTHOUSANDS of persons voted on Elections Day in Mabaruma, Region One, as voters lined polling stations before the commencement of the balloting process on Monday. For 89-year-old Angela Bradford, who was among the first group of voters at the Mabaruma Nursery School before the opening of polls, […]

PRIME Ministerial Candidate of the A Partnership for the National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, said based on the overwhelming support the coalition has been receiving, it is likely to secure a landslide victory in the General and Regional Elections. Ramjattan, the country’s Public Security Minister, and his wife, Sita Ramjattan, voted […]

HUNDREDS of residents of Queenstown, Region Two, flocked the polling stations in their areas to vote. Some 900 residents were expected to cast their votes at the Queenstown nursery and primary schools. A drive along the Pomeroon-Supenaam region revealed that the polling stations, especially in the Queenstown community were crowded, more than any other station […]

AS the sun rose behind the trees at Pearl, on the East Bank of Demerara, a crowd of media operatives turned in the direction of President David Granger, his wife, First Lady Sandra Granger and their daughter, Afuwa, as the trio walked towards the nursery school at the corner to cast their votes. Being the […]

-satisfied with electoral process…says ‘few’ anomalies being investigated AS voters across the country turned out to exercise their franchise, President David Granger was confident of a victory for the incumbent A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition, which he leads. The President, who visited several polling stations to observe the electoral […]

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 […]