Election 2015 Update
The Incumbent party, PPP/C is insisting on a recount of votes from most of the 10 Regions although it is assuring its constituents that “Our figures currently show that we are ahead in this elections”
The Statements of Polls in the hands of all contesting parties distinctly shows that the APNC+AFC coalition is the victor in the 2015 elections.
US Embassy Calls for Patience and for all Political Parties to Accept the Ultimate Results
After the Polls: A Time for Patience
May 12, 2015 - GEORGETOWN –– The U.S. Embassy congratulates the Guyanese people on the democratic process that we observed in yesterday's elections. It was heartening to witness the enthusiasm with which Guyanese voters participated in the electoral process which will ultimately choose their next government.
BREAKING NEWS! APNU+AFC Claims Victory in the 2015 Elections - APNU/AFC Press Release
Tuesday May 12th 2015 - GEORGETOWN – A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change are confident that the Coalition has conducted a vertically integrated campaign and our internal monitoring has indicated that we have won these elections, and the people of Guyana have spoken definitively for change.
APNU+AFC Coalition press Statement
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - The APNU+AFC Coalition met with the Guyana Elections Commission last night on the matter of the smooth and timely movement of ballot boxes, statements of poll and related material from polling stations to the District Electoral Offices.
The Many Faces Of Money Laundering
A look at the financial vulnerability of the Caribbean and so called third world countries in general.
For some time now an emerging business in the Caribbean has assumed many faces and phases in order to exist, expand and perpetuate itself.
In the so called large countries, due to their political structure and tax rules, there is legislature in place with numerous agencies and departments set up to combat this growing and profitable business of money laundering. Yes, it is a business and a very lucrative one.
Know your Polling Station for the 2015 General and Local Government Elections
APNU/AFC Rally in Lethem by Aubrey LaCruz
Just back from APNU+AFC rally in Lethem. Here are the highlights as I remember them. There was a fair size crowd, rough estimate about 2500 or more.
Region 9 has some of largest fresh water otter and fish in the world. Also the largest Eagle in the world. On the negative side region 9 is one of the poorest regions in Guyana. In education in last CXC examination there was only 28% pass rate. That is 3 in every 4 students failed their exams. In mathematics not one region 9 student got a grade one result.
Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis Dies in Traffic Accident
Earlier today Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis died after the bicycle he was riding was in a collision with a car on the New Hope, East Bank Demerara Road.
In 2001 Lewis became the first boxer from Guyana to earn a world title when he defeated American James Page by TKO to win the World Boxing Association's welterweight crown in Las Vegas.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress 2015 Arrival Day Message
GTUC congratulates all Guyanese as we mark another Arrival Day. For we, more than most, can truly celebrate the diversity of The People Who Came. GTUC commends the idea of identifying a day where the various racial groups can together reflect on their arrival and contributions in the building of this nation.
Convicted Narcotic and Arms Dealer Enjoyed protection from the Government of Guyana - U.S. Embassy Message (WikiLeaks)
In a WikiLeaks disclosed secret communication of June 29, 2006 between the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Secretary of State with copies to U.S Embassies in Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago: