Category: Guyana Chronicle

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 […]

ERIC Ferreira and Shania Thomas were very eager to vote early Monday morning at their respective polling stations. Ferreira told Guyana Chronicle that he went to the Culvert City Polling Station and put his ‘X’ beside the political party of his choice, early before the place got crowded. He said the voting process was well […]

…taxi drivers show compassion, pool resources to take elderly, disabled out to vote By Naomi Parris AMIDST the enthusiastic throng of youths who came out in the wee hours of the morning on Monday, ringing bells, blowing horns, and calling for residents to come out and vote were several older folks, who, having beaten them […]

THE long lines at the 107 polling stations within the East Canje/New Amsterdam districts, have proven that Guyanese have the capacity to be orderly, patient and respectful.The sounds of horns, shells, bells and alarming voices were heard from as early as 04:30hrs on Monday, alerting voters that E-day had arrived. Hundreds of persons joined the […]