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– GECOM’s Preliminary figures show APNU+AFC wins by 5,360 votes The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) in a memorandum to the diplomatic community is contending that irregularities plagued the May 11th 2015 Guyana General and Regional Elections including specifically the voting at Polling Stations and the processing of the voting by GECOM electoral staff and others. In support of its contention, the PPP/C disclosed that many Statements of Polls (SOPs) received by GECOM from the ten Electoral Districts were identified as fakes. The Party in a statement noted that at…

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– Gov’t announces Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud has announced that Esso exploration well, the Liza-1 on the Stabroek Block, using the drill-ship, Deepwater Champion located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana, has encountered Hydrocarbons. The majority of hydrocarbons found on Earth naturally occur in crude oil. A press release from the Ministry noted however that it is too early to confirm whether there are commercial quantities of hydrocarbons, specifically light crude. “Minister Persaud revealed that a full evaluation of the results is underway from the…

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BY MICHAEL YOUNGE The daughter of former Presidents Janet and Cheddi Jagan has expressed full support for the re-election of the Donald Ramotar Administration to office ahead of the 2015 General and Regional Elections which are billed for May 11. Nadira Jagan-Brancier on Wednesday urged all Guyanese to go and vote for the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) party on Monday as she strongly refuted rumours that she was supporting the People’s National Congress (PNC)-led A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition. “It seems that…

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– top US-based Guyanese scholar BY MICHAEL YOUNGE Renowned Guyanese Scholar, US Attorney-at-Law and political activist Dr Dolly Hassan has slammed political leaders of Opposition APNU/AFC who are seeking to trivialise the importance of Guyana’s political history and the impact it has on creating more informed, rounded and better educated youth voters. Dr Hassan migrated to the United States of America in the late 1960’s and has studied as well as worked on several laudable projects and human rights initiatives which benefited political parties in Guyana in the early 1980’s.…

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By Vahnu Manikchand All systems are in place for members of the Disciplined Forces to cast their ballots on Saturday in this year’s General and Regional Elections – one week before the official day of the polls. Officials of the various agencies as well as the Guyana Elections Commission have assured that all systems are in order to facilitate the process. Among the agencies that will be voting on Saturday are: the Guyana Defence Force (GDF); the Guyana Police Force (GPF); and the Guyana Prison Service (GPS). The Guyana Fire…

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…says “too much at stake” People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee told a mammoth gathering at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara on Sunday that all efforts will be employed to prevent any attempts to subvert or interfere with the democratic process. This declaration comes less than two weeks before Guyanese go to the polls. “We want to warn them that any attempt to subvert the democratic process, any attempt to upset the polls on Polling Day, we will rebuff, we will upset any attempt by them…,” Rohee warned. He…

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– urged to adhere to it BY GOMATIE GANGADIN The Political Parties Code of Conduct was signed by all eight parties contesting the General and Regional Elections on Wednesday afternoon at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) building on High Street, Kingston, Georgetown. The signing of the Code of Conduct comes at a time when there are mounting concerns about both the language and some of the messages being sent by political leaders on the platforms as they contest ahead of the May 11 polls. The signing also took place two…

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…PPP/C speakers tell supporters “You must come out on the 11th of May and make your voices heard by putting your ‘X’ next to the cup and by returning the People’s Progressive Party to a resounding majority, so we can continue to bring progress and development to Guyana…,” Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh told an ecstatic crowd of supporters at the Party’s Albion Rally on Sunday. “Onward with progress; we must never return to the dark days of the PNC [People’s National Congress} rule!” the Minister continued to screams and…

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– “Utilise Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to share your views on upcoming polls” Guyanese residing in the United States of America (USA) are strongly being urged by Civil Society to take to social media sites to monitor, and if needs be, participate in the process by sharing their views on issues relating to the upcoming May 11 elections. This call is being made at a time when Guyanese are just a few days away from voting in an election dubbed as “one of the most important in the history of…

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The ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of the much anticipated internationally branded Marriott Hotel was on Thursday undertaken by President Donald Ramotar. The President also unveiled the hotel’s plaque as he was joined by several officials of the hotel, government ministers and members of the local private sector. There was much fanfare at the opening which gave invites the red carpet experience. President Ramotar was given a key as were the other guests, with a message from Bill Marriott, first host and General Manager which read, “world-…

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