The Guyana Elections Commission [GECOM] recently commissioned a new $15M office at Charity on the Essequibo Coast.

Deputy Chief Elections Officer [DCEO] Mr Vishnu Persaud, who declared the facility formally open said GECOM has decentralised its operations countrywide to facilitate continuous registration. The DCEO said he was very pleased with the new facility that will provide services to communities in its demarcated area.
Logistics Manager Mr. Colin April said GECOM took a conscious decision to have its own building. He said the new facility will provide services to residents from Paradise- Charity and the entire Pomeroon area.
Mr. April said GECOM which is now a permanent body already has its own offices at Mahdia and Lethem and will want to establish an office at Anna Regina and other places around the country.
Senior Registration Officer at Charity, Mr. Doodnauth Singh, said the land on which the office has been constructed was provided by Government through the Region 2 Administration.
According to Singh, the land was very low and swampy and had to be back-filled with sand and earth before construction started.
The officer said construction started in the last quarter of 2013 and was completed in 2014 by contractor Mr. Mohamed Sattaur.
The one-flat concrete and wooden building along with a concrete walkway was done at a cost of some $15M. The project was financed by Government.
Present at the commissioning ceremony was former APNU councillor of the Region 2 RDC, Ms Doreen Duncan.

(Rajendra Prabhulall in Essequibo)