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Monthly Archives: May 2020

GTT reopens stores after gearing up for coronavirus

Last Updated on Monday, 4 May 2020, 17:56 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Monday announced that it would be reopening its stores from this week Wednesday now that the company has acquired Personal Protective Equipment and installed  hand-washing facilities. Weeks after the closure of its retail stores in a bid to support the global ...

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ExxonMobil’s Payara development plan comes under scrutiny

Last Updated on Monday, 4 May 2020, 17:51 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil’s planned development of the Payara reservoir offshore Guyana is coming under intense scrutiny before government gives the green light for the consortium’s operational plan when the country’s two-month long election controversy is resolved, officials said on Monday. Director of the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Environment, Dr. ...

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GECOM won’t automatically use recount data to declare election results; President maintains elections were “free, fair”

Last Updated on Monday, 4 May 2020, 16:21 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will not automatically accept the findings of the recount to declare a winner of the March 2, 2020 general elections, but will first decide whether to ask the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield to submit a report to the seven-member body. “The Commission shall, ...

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US, Canada ratchet up pressure on Guyana for return of Carter Centre observers

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 May 2020, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs, Michael Kozak on Sunday night called on the Guyana government to give the green light for the return of Carter Centre observers to observe the recount of ballots in general elections held two months ago. “The United States calls ...

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Tribute to Keith Stanislaus Massiah, S.C., O.R. – Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Guyana 

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 May 2020, 20:08 by Denis Chabrol Tribute to Keith Stanislaus Massiah, S.C., O.R. – Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Guyana  By The Hon. Mde. Louise Esther Blenman, Justice of Appeal, The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court      Both Guyana and the ...

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GECOM Commissioner Alexander slams PPP on objections to matching votes with voters

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 May 2020, 19:37 by Denis Chabrol Pro-coalition Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Sunday evening slammed  objections by the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to matching the number of votes in the ballot box with the names that have been crossed off by polling day staff at the March 2, 2020 polls. GECOM  decided on Sunday ...

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National recount of votes begins on Wednesday

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 May 2020, 19:58 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Sunday decided that the national recount will begin on Wednesday. Well-placed sources say that decision was taken at today’s commission meeting.  However, the commissioners were up to news time yet to decide on requests by the 10 opposition parties for votes from each ...

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