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Monthly Archives: June 2020

Granger says committed to Western Hemispheric values

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 June 2020, 22:03 by Denis Chabrol Under intense pressure from the United States (US) and other member-nations of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to concede defeat in the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections, the Ministry of the Presidency  Saturday night released a statement saying that President David Granger is strongly committed to ...

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LIAT to be liquidated and new airline formed – Antigua’s PM Gaston Browne

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 June 2020, 19:41 by Denis Chabrol – by Barbados Today June 27, 2020 “From all indication, LIAT will be liquidated,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne has just announced. The Prime Minister said there will be a meeting of all shareholders shortly to discuss collapsing LIAT. A new entity will be formed. “COVID would have actually, let’s say increased ...

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DDL infuses sanitiser into Ministry of Education’s COVID-19 fight for CXC exams

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 June 2020, 17:15 by Denis Chabrol Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) on Friday announced a donation of alcohol based sanitizing cleaner, Environ, to the Ministry of Education to assist secondary schools with preparation for the upcoming Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Examinations (CSEC and CAPE). One hundred and twenty-eight secondary schools across the country will each receive ...

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Seal off borders, shut down illegal shops to stop coronavirus upsurge in mining districts- Miners Association

Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2020, 17:10 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) in Friday blamed government for poor border enforcement and allowing illegal shops as main reasons for the upsurge of the coronavirus, COVID-19, in mining districts. The association appealed to the authorities to take decisive action to stop the spread of the ...

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Chairman of US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, other senators call on Granger to concede defeat, end uncertainty and gamesmanship

Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2020, 16:25 by Denis Chabrol Miami, FL — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as well as Ben Cardin (D-MD) in releasing the following statement encouraging Guyanese authorities to begin a democratic transition of power ...

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Govt shortlists 19 companies after a “detailed check” to propose selling Guyana’s oil

Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2020, 15:32 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Energy on Friday released the names of 19 companies that will be asked to submit proposals to sell Guyana’s oil. Government said the companies were shortlisted by a five member Evaluation Committee “after a detailed check” of each firm’s expression of interest ...

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Chief Elections Officer says won’t abide by GECOM’s unconstitutional instructions

Last Updated on Friday, 26 June 2020, 14:24 by Denis Chabrol Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Friday strongly suggested that he does not have to obey unconstitutional instructions by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in declaring election results. “The contents of the Stabroek News article suggests that the CEO must only act as the Commission instructs and flout the ...

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Outside utterances will not sway Caribbean Court on Guyana’s elections recount case- CCJ President

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2020, 16:56 by Denis Chabrol Amid a flurry of calls for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to use figures from the national vote recount to declare the  results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday assured that nothing outside the courtroom would be used ...

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United States interference in Guyana elections part of plot to topple Venezuelan gov’t- Nagamootoo

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2020, 16:41 by Writer Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has charged that there is fresh foreign interference in Guyana’s elections as part of overall efforts being made to topple the Nicolás Maduro administration in Venezuela where there is a worsening political and economic crisis. “Suddenly, you have a change of geo-strategic focus by a big ...

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