The Carter Center’s limited election observation mission has urged Guyana’s Elections Commission (GECOM) to immediately publish detailed tabulation procedures and step up its communication with the public, warning that gaps in information could weaken confidence in the integrity of the September 01 general and regional elections. The Carter Center stressed…
Carter Center presses GECOM on tabulation rules, urges parties to sign code as other issues cloud Sept. 1 polls
The Carter Center’s limited election observation mission has urged Guyana’s Elections Commission (GECOM) to immediately publish detailed tabulation procedures and step up its communication with the public, warning that gaps in information could weaken confidence in the integrity of the September 01 general and regional elections. The Carter Center stressed…
Carter Center presses GECOM on tabulation rules, urges parties to sign code as other issues cloud Sept. 1 polls
The Carter Center’s limited election observation mission has urged Guyana’s Elections Commission (GECOM) to immediately publish detailed tabulation procedures and step up its communication with the public, warning that gaps in information could weaken confidence in the integrity of the September 01 general and regional elections. The Carter Center stressed…
Carter Center presses GECOM on tabulation rules, urges parties to sign code as other issues cloud Sept. 1 polls
The Carter Center’s limited election observation mission has urged Guyana’s Elections Commission (GECOM) to immediately publish detailed tabulation procedures and step up its communication with the public, warning that gaps in information could weaken confidence in the integrity of the September 01 general and regional elections. The Carter Center stressed…
Carter Center presses GECOM on tabulation rules, urges parties to sign code as other issues cloud Sept. 1 polls
The Carter Center’s limited election observation mission has urged Guyana’s Elections Commission (GECOM) to immediately publish detailed tabulation procedures and step up its communication with the public, warning that gaps in information could weaken confidence in the integrity of the September 01 general and regional elections. The Carter Center stressed…
President pledges ‘drastic’ overhaul of government on Day 1 of new term
President Irfaan Ali has said his administration will drastically restructure government once re-elected, promising a nimble, project-driven model that removes bureaucracy and harnesses technology to deliver on the ruling party’s ambitious targets for the next five years. Ali, whose People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is seeking another term in September’s elections,…
Berbice to host rapid chess tournament on August 24
Competitive chess is set to return to the Berbice region as the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) organises a one-day 20/20 Rapid Chess Tournament for Sunday, August 24. The event, open to all Berbice players, will be held at the Little Rock Suites Conference Hall in New Amsterdam and is designed…
PPP/C to consider extending local content law to mining sector
The governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) says it will explore extending the Local Content Act, which guarantees jobs and business opportunities for Guyanese in the oil and gas sector, to the mining industry if re-elected on September 1. The pledge, outlined in the party’s 2025 manifesto launched on Monday at…
Khadija Ba wins first Women and Gender Equality Commission Media Prize
Khadija Ba of Stabroek News has won the inaugural Women and Gender Equality Commission Media Prize, with fellow Stabroek News journalist Miranda La Rose taking second place and Danielle Swain of News Room Inc. placing third. Ba was recognised for her feature on parents who lost children in the Mahdia…
Body of miner found in Puruni River
Police in Regional Division #7 have launched an investigation following the discovery of a body in the Puruni River early Monday morning, August 18, 2025. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Christopher Stephens, a miner from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. According to police reports, ranks responded to information received…
