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At about 0025h. today, the police say that the driver of HB 4024 accidentally collided with motor car PPP 7994 that was parked in Main Street, Georgetown.

(Trinidad Express) Hot dogs and ketchup. An order for US$1,250,187.36 (TT$7.8 million) worth of it was made under the title “Food items for Guyana” by the National Energy Corporation (NEC), via an invoice sent to the Central International Company LLC.

President Donald Ramotar last evening pledged to take Guyana to a great future if re-elected as he joined other speakers at the PPP/C’s final rally for tomorrow’s general elections to appeal for votes to reclaim a parliamentary majority and sound warnings over any attempts to manipulate the process.

With a population of almost 300, the close-knit Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo is a thriving agricultural village that sees co-operation among its people.

“It is time we remove this PPP wrecking crew from government,” APNU+AFC presidential candidate David Granger told a mammoth crowd last evening, while emphasising the need to get to the polls early and be vigilant throughout the day.

A mother and son are now nursing gunshot wounds at a private hospital after they were both shot during a home invasion in the city early yesterday morning.

Almost half-a-year after promises were made to fix equipment for the Learning Channel in Aishalton, Region Nine which has not functioned since it was installed over three years ago, it is still to be made operational.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr Steve Surujbally said yesterday that plans are in place to disseminate elections results to the nation in the “fastest time possible.”

Local authorities have contacted their counterparts in the United States for assistance in locating the player/s in the shipment of a cache of guns and ammunition from Miami, which was intercepted here on Friday and has so far led to the arrest of one person.

An East Canje man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with the attempted murder of his 11-year-old son, whom he allegedly set on fire.

Their goal being to send a strong message of unity and love, four people braved the weather on a five-day walk, starting at Corriverton on Tuesday and ending in Georgetown yesterday.

When first-time voters head to polling stations tomorrow to choose the new government, which issues will decide where they put their x?

For three and a half years since the 2011 general elections Region Eight’s Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and Central Government have been at odds with each other with the former accusing the latter of ghost contracts and lack of financial accountability.

The OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Guyana has observed and stakeholders have reported that the electoral process is being conducted as planned by the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is hopeful that after tomorrow’s elections the entire electoral process will be revamped putting an end to “tribal” elections characterised by race-baiting, anonymous voting and a lack of accountability to the populace.

The police on the Essequibo Coast have arrested one person in relation to the death of pensioner Richard Ivan Etwaroo of Lot 81 Paradise, Essequibo Coast whose body was found on the seashore in Paradise on Thursday last.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Heart Institute of Guyana Dr Gary Stephens yesterday publicly endorsed the APNU+AFC Coalition and urged all Guyanese to vote for the coalition tomorrow.

US-based Guyana-born doctor Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh who says he has been a lifetime supporter of the PPP yesterday endorsed APNU+AFC saying that the ruling party is not that of its founder Dr Cheddi Jagan.

The Private Sector Commission has said it has full confidence in the preparedness of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to support the police during the elections period, after a meeting with Chairman of the Joint Services and GDF Chief-of-Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips and his team on Wednesday.

While many mothers would be celebrating today as they are honoured on Mother’s Day three mothers would be crying tears of grief as they remember their six children who died in a tragic accident recently.