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Guyana is transforming before our very eyes
Kaieteur News
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September 3, 2025
Sep 03, 2025 Letters Dear Editor, Guyana is a nation in progress; a nation once identified as the “sleeping giant” of South America that has now awakened, rising with renewed purpose, pride, and prosperity (PPP). Under the People’s Progressive...
RULING PARTIES RETAIN POWER IN JAMAICA AND GUYANA ELECTIONS
Caymanian Times
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September 4, 2025
The leaders of Jamaica and Guyana have led their respective parties to re-election in polls held this week. Results came in early Thursday morning for the elections in Jamaica on Wednesday and Guyana on Monday. In Jamaica, Prime Minister Andrew...
Commonwealth voters other than Guyanese and domicile
Stabroek News
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September 4, 2025
Dear Editor, The issue of Commonwealth nationals other than Guyanese voting in our general and regional elections – something that has been in existence here for decades and is not alien to elections practice in other Commonwealth jurisdictions –...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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September 4, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Automatic voters’ cumulative totals would improve efficiency, safeguard against political suspicion
Stabroek News
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September 4, 2025
Dear Editor, GECOM has made progress by introducing the SOP Gallery, which allows the public to see scanned Statements of Poll in real time. That step toward transparency is commendable, but the system is still incomplete. Right now, citizens can...
Guyana Voters Still Waiting On Election Results
News Americas Now
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September 3, 2025
News Americas, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Weds. Sept. 3, 2025: Two days after Guyanese voters in the oil rich CARICOM, South American nation went to the polls in a high-stakes general and regional election, official results have yet to be declared, even...
The media landscape has transformed to hold government accountable easier
Stabroek News
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September 4, 2025
Dear Editor, As we await the official declaration of the 1st September 2025 Elections by GECOM I wonder what role social media played in educating voters. In the past, we had people relying on Government media or Opposition media for their news....
GECOM and the relevant ministries must clarify these questions on overseas persons who voted in Elections 2025
Stabroek News
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September 4, 2025
Dear Editor, The revelation that an undisclosed number of Indian and Bangladeshi contract workers voted in Guyana’s 2025 elections raises a number of questions. In the interest of transparency, I ask that GECOM and the appropriate government...
$500,000 up for grabs as Westside Golf Course stages Hole-in-One Guyana Challenge this weekend
Stabroek News
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September 4, 2025
Golfers across Guyana are gearing up for a chance to win the nation’s largest cash prize in the sport, as the Westside Golf Course prepares to host the Island Green Hole-in-One Guyana Challenge on September 13 and 14. Organised by Nexgen Golf...
Elections 2025: PPP/C poised to make history with Reg. 4 victory
I News Guyana
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September 2, 2025
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is poised to make history with a Region 4 victory for the first time in Guyana’s electoral history. Region 4, the most populous and politically significant region, encompassing Georgetown and its...
PPP ahead in Guyana election race
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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September 4, 2025
News Janelle De Souza 32 Minutes Ago President Irfaan Ali and his wife Arya Ali show their inked fingers after voting during general elections in Leonora, Guyana, on September 1. FILE PHOTO/AP - GUYANA’S People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)...
Thousands of young Guyanese benefit from expanded training opportunities in 2025
Guyana Chronicle
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September 4, 2025
POLITICS aside, young people across Guyana continue to access a wide range of opportunities to enhance their professional and personal lives, thanks to several government-backed initiatives. Through programmes spearheaded by the Ministry of Human...
Barbados: Caricom to write US on military vessels in region
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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September 4, 2025
News Paula Lindo 29 Minutes Ago Kerrie Symmonds. - CARICOM foreign ministers will be writing to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, following a meeting of the group last week. They will be asking for notice where possible on actions that will...
Biometrics should be implemented early for next elections – Commonwealth Observer Mission recommends
Kaieteur News
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September 4, 2025
Sep 04, 2025 News Members of the head table during the press conference. Kaieteur News – The Commonwealth observer mission of the 2025 General and Regional Elections said has recommended that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) adopt biometric...
PSC, GCCI hail Guyanese for peaceful elections
Kaieteur News
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September 4, 2025
Sep 04, 2025 News – urge GECOM to cater for persons with disabilities, boost voter education Kaieteur News – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) have commended Guyanese for what the...
Congratulations, Mr. President
Guyana Chronicle
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September 4, 2025
Dear Editor, I EXTEND my heartfelt congratulations to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic on its outstanding victory at the 2025 General and Regional Elections. This renewed mandate is a testament to the trust and confidence the people of Guyana...
St Lucia Kings end TKR’s perfect run at home in CPL
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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September 4, 2025
Sports Jelani Beckles 31 Minutes Ago Akeal Hosein of Trinbago Knight Riders is bowled by Tabraiz Shamsi of St Lucia Kings during the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League match at Brian Lara Cricket Academy on September 3, 2025 in Tarouba. -...
Irfaan Ali reelected as President of Guyana
MercoPress
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Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 09:39 UTC Ali got 242,498 votes to win eight of the country's ten regions The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) released on Wednesday the results of Monday's polls, confirming the re-election of incumbent President...
PPP/C secures re-election after declared results
Kaieteur News
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September 4, 2025
PPP/C secures re-election after declared results Sep 04, 2025 News …secures 242,498 votes, WIN 109,066, APNU 77, 998 Kaieteur News – The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) is in the lead with votes from the General and Regional Elections...
Ninety-five percent of the territory of Guyana, an English-speaking country of some 850,000 people, is covered by tropical rainforest, making elections logistically challenging
Islander News - Florida
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Key Biscayne, FL (33149) Today Mostly cloudy early, then thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High 83F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%.. Tonight Cloudy early with some clearing expected late. Low 78F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph....