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Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM),  Vishnu Persaud on Wednesday said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was not empowered legally to investigate allegations of forgery related to the nominati0n process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE), but said whenever objections are filed the contestants are informed of “defects” and changes are made. Further, he ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday said government has approved the development of the Uaru reservoir located in Guyana’s deep-water, hours after Hess Corporation said it was expecting the project to get the green light this week. “It was done after vigorous analysis by external consultants,” he said on the sidelines of the presentation of the Report of the Commission ...

The High Court on Wednesday ruled that President Irfaan Ali did not violate Guyana’s Constitution because there was no consultation with the then Opposition Leader on the appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice, but frowned on the overall decades-long delay in the non-appointment of permanent office holders to those two top judicial posts. “This court finds that given ...

Hess Corporation, a partner in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, on Wednesday announced the discovery of more oil in that concession. “The Corporation today announced an oil discovery at the Lancetfish-1 well on the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana,” Hess said. The operator, ExxonMobil, was yet to announce the fresh discovery  which is approximately 4 miles southeast of the Fangtooth discovery. ...

Home Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr.-Thomas should be sent on leave until there is a full clearance that she did not violate any laws that led to the seizure of her cellphone by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on her arrival in that North American country, the opposition said on Tuesday. “If this government was ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday threatened to take action to stop the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections for Guyana’s 70 neighbourhood and 10 town councils because of numerous unsettled claims of alleged forgery by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). “If you have before you a number of people who have forged signatures and up until now GECOM ...

Top financial intelligence officials of Trinidad and Tobago, and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) are in Guyana on a fact-finding mission as part of steps to support this country’s application to join a global financial intelligence-sharing network, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Tuesday night. While Mr Nandlall was confident that Guyana would be admitted to the Egmont Group in 2024, ...

Guyana’s National Assembly on Monday amended its Criminal Law Offences Act to scrap the powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to direct a magistrate to commit a murder accused to stand trial by a judge and jury even if a preliminary inquiry finds that there is insufficient evidence to do so. The amendment now provides for the DPP ...

Legislation that will allow land-users and infrastructure developers to apply for approvals at one location was Monday sent to a bipartisan select committee for further consideration, but already the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) is recommending that the Opposition Leader be allowed to nominate a member of the Oversight Committee. Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson on Monday said Mrs Mae Toussaint Jr.- Thomas would remain Permanent Secretary of his ministry, although her visa has been revoked. “This has nothing to do about the question of retaining her. There is no question about that…I’m surprised that question would be raised,” he said when asked by Demerara Waves Online News. The Home Affairs ...