5 d. ago EU Election Observation Mission praises GECOM polling day execution

-but says electoral body distrusted by electorate The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) staff did well in executing their polling day duties, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) stated on Wednesday but added that it found that the electoral body’s structure is distrusted by the electorate and remains paralyzed by partisan division. The article EU Election Observation Mission praises GECOM polling day execution appeared first on Stabroek News.

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6 d. ago Commonwealth Observer Mission praises voting, urges stronger follow

The Commonwealth Observer Mission at Monday’s elections found that polling proceeded peacefully and the tabulation process was adhered to after closing but it also made a series of recommendations including the shaking up of GECOM and legislation for equitable access by all parties to the state media. The article Commonwealth Observer Mission praises voting, urges stronger follow-through on reforms appeared first on Stabroek News.

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6 d. ago Biometrics should be implemented early for next elections – Commonwealth Observer Mission recommends

Kaieteur News – The Commonwealth observer mission of the 2025 General and Regional Elections said has recommended that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) adopt biometric technology early for the next election cycle. At a press conference held on Wednesday at the Aiden by Best Western Hotel, the mission presented its interim report on the observations […] The post Biometrics should be implemented early for next elections – Commonwealth Observer Mission recommends appeared first on Kaieteur News.

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1 week ago WIN urges supporters to be vigilant, locate polling stations early

  Kaieteur News – As the curtain came down on the We Invest in Nationhood’s (WIN) final rally on Saturday evening, candidate Natasha Singh-Lewis urged supporters to use the tool on the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) website to find out which polling station they are assigned to cast their votes. WIN, led by Guyanese businessman […] The post WIN urges supporters to be vigilant, locate polling stations early appeared first on Kaieteur News.

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1 week ago Outcomes of Burnham’s economic policies were what informed the end to state

Dear Editor, I write in reference to Dr. Vincent Adams’ letter in today’s Stabroek News (August 29, 2025) captioned: “PPP/C’s reinstating Burnham’s visionary free education policy suggests an urgent grab for votes.” The article Outcomes of Burnham’s economic policies were what informed the end to state-sponsored tertiary education by the PPP appeared first on Stabroek News.

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1 week ago PPP/C’s reinstating Burnham’s visionary free education policy suggests an urgent grab for votes

Dear Editor, I watch and listen to the daily diet of shameless dishonesty coming from the PPP/C head honchos trumpeting with a straight face, their main election campaign slogan of free education at the University of Guyana (UG), no doubt to deceive our youths that this is somehow a new PPP/C virtuous initiative, when, the truth is that it was this very same PPP/C which so uncaringly abolished free UG education in 1994, before the majority of our population was born. The article PPP/C’s reinstating Burnham’s visionary free education policy suggests an urgent grab for votes appeared first on Stabroek News.

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1 week ago AFC’s Hughes urges voters to back minority government for stronger accountability

Alliance For Change (AFC) leader and presidential candidate Nigel Hughes is urging citizens to reject the idea that voting outside of the two main parties amounts to “splitting the vote.” The article AFC’s Hughes urges voters to back minority government for stronger accountability appeared first on Stabroek News.

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2 w. ago Commonwealth, OAS observers meet Chancellor, hierarchy of police force

Kaieteur News – Representatives of the Commonwealth Electoral Mission and the Organisation of American States’ (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) met with the hierarchy of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday. The Commonwealth’s Electoral Mission is headed by former Foreign Affairs Minister of Tonga Mrs. Fekitamoeloa Katoa Utoikananu.   According to the GPF, Mrs. […] The post Commonwealth, OAS observers meet Chancellor, hierarchy of police force appeared first on Kaieteur News.

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