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Monthly Archives: June 2019

GECOM’s house-to-house registration decision invalid; Granger’s “bloated” voters’ list claim “not true”- ANUG

Last Updated on Sunday, 23 June 2019, 16:20 by Writer A New and United Guyana (ANUG) political party at the weekend said a decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to conduct house-to-house registration was invalid because the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) found that the appointment of the Chairman of that seven-member body was unconstitutional. According to that recently-formed ...

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First Lady commissions ExxonMobil’s first FPSO for Guyana

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 June 2019, 15:22 by Writer First Lady Sandra Granger on Saturday commissioned the ‘Liza Destiny’, the first in a series of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels for ExxonMobil Guyana at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore. The vessel will depart Singapore in July and is expected to arrive in Guyana in September to prepare ...

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OPINION: What was feared already coming to a head

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 June 2019, 8:07 by Writer By GHK Lall What was feared is already coming to pass and in the worst way possible. What has been written about, and predicted about, and gone against the grain about, in more than one public forum, has unfolded in less than 24 hours since the CCJ went public. To ...

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Opposition proposes CCJ orders early elections with existing voters’ list, new GECOM Chairman

Last Updated on Friday, 21 June 2019, 23:21 by Writer Lawyers for Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo and allied parties are proposing that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) issue orders to allow for specific timeframes for appointing a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), and the holding of general elections within 90 days with the existing voters’ list. ...

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Coalition preparing for Court again if GECOM blocked from creating clean voters’ list

Last Updated on Friday, 21 June 2019, 14:25 by Writer With the backing of just under 100 supporters, the governing coalition on Friday signaled that it was prepared to mount a legal challenge to any attempt to block the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from preparing for general elections that are expected this year now that the Caribbean Court of Justice ...

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Jagdeo: President Granger peddled “lie” about youths being off voters list; ready to submit nominees for new GECOM Chairman

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 June 2019, 14:51 by Writer Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday accused President David Granger of lying to the nation by claiming that youths who recently turned 18 years would be unable to vote to justify the Guyanese leader’s insistence on house-to-house registration to create a fresh voters’ list before the next general elections. “This ...

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ANUG questions constitutionality of James Patterson as GECOM Chairman

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 June 2019, 4:54 by Writer Even as President David Granger indicated that he would be seeking the advice of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) before naming an elections date, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) political party on Wednesday questioned whether James Patterson was actually the Chairman of the elections management authority. “If Mr. Patterson ...

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PPP not overreacting to Jordan’s non-violent “war” comments; police, ethnic relations watchdog alerted

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 21:35 by Writer People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said his party was not overreacting to Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s assertion that the governing coalition was now in a period of “war” now that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that last December’s no-confidence motion was ...

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Nagamootoo is “royalty” and the “best prime minister” – Harmon

Last Updated on Thursday, 31 October 2019, 16:34 by Writer Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Joseph Harmon on Tuesday declared that Moses Nagamootoo is “the best prime minister”, days after the Alliance For Change (AFC) overwhelmingly endorsed party leader, Khemraj Ramjattan to be President Granger’s number two man. Addressing a government outreach at Bartica, Harmon described Nagamootoo ...

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Gov’t in defiance mode: “no registration, no election” – Jordan, Nagamootoo

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 10:37 by Writer Finance Minister, Winston Jordan indicated that regardless of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) ruling that the no-confidence motion was validly passed and any orders that might be issued, government will not be going to the polls with the existing voters’ list. “Notwithstanding the ruling today and not withstanding all ...

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