Last Updated on Friday, 22 May 2020, 15:12 by Denis Chabrol The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) on Friday held a special meeting to consider the applications of various groups of Guyanese stranded overseas as a result of COVID-19 emergency measures and who have requested returning to Guyana.  Following is the text of a Task Force statement: Within the controlled ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2020, 16:22 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Thursday said those who are alleging irregularities in the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections would have to prove their case. “While I continue to monitor the trends based on the allegations in the observation ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2020, 15:45 by Denis Chabrol The Carter Center  on Thursday said it is deeply disappointed by the government of Guyana’s decision not to approve its recent requests to allow two accredited international observers to return to Guyana to observe the ongoing recount and the remainder of Guyana’s electoral process. The Center, which has been ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 21:52 by Denis Chabrol An A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) representative refused to sign the certificates of tabulation of votes cast in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) but two election commissioners said Wednesday night that the certificates are still valid. The issue first came to the fore when presidential candidate for The ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 21:06 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh has appealed to the National COVID-19 Task Force to approve at least two more workstations in a last ditch push to increase the number of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general elections. “Being cognisant that ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2020, 5:17 by Denis Chabrol Eight of Guyana’s presidential guards have been tested positive for the coronavirus, COVID-19 in random tests of members of that police force unit but they have not been in contact with President David Granger, spokesmen said Wednesday. Presidential spokeswoman, Ariana Gordon said the eight COVID-19 positive presidential guardsmen were ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 14:39 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh reportedly on Wednesday told a meeting with the opposition that she wants at least 100 boxes of ballots to be reccounted daily in order to meet the May 31 deadline. This appears to be in line with Elections Commissioner, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 20:03 by Denis Chabrol People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Prime Ministerial candidate, Retired Brigadier Mark Phillips on Tuesday said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) needs to count at least 93 boxes of ballots per day to finish the recount by May 31. “By my calculation, we should be counting somewhere about ninety-three or more ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 9:05 by Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has expressed concern about the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) assignment of  an Information Technology (IT) staff member to supervise the recount of Region Four votes because he was implicated in an alleged malpractice during a previous tabulation exercise of those votes in March. The ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 7:22 by Denis Chabrol The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is “disappointed” that the National COVID-19 Task Force’s approval of a mere two more workstations to recount the remaining estimated 300,000 votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general elections. The City business organisation said the now 12 workstations would not ...