Last Updated on Saturday, 20 June 2020, 21:15 by Writer Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has admitted to staff of the Ministry of Public Security that the coalition of his party and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU+AFC) lost the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. “It is with a little sadness…I rather suspect that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 June 2020, 21:29 by Writer The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh wants the local Court of Appeal to dismiss a case brought by a supporter of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change asking that the election management body use only credible votes to declare results of votes cast ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2020, 22:39 by Denis Chabrol Executive member of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Dominic Gaskin Friday night raised the spectre of the David Granger coalition refusing to give power, but at the same time he urged them to concede defeat and start preparing to recapture swing votes in the 2025 general elections. “The claims ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2020, 20:35 by Denis Chabrol The Justice For All Party (JFAP), one of the parties in the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led coalition,  said the results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections show the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP) has won and they should be allowed to take over the reins ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2020, 17:09 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from CNN Two major British companies have acknowledged their historic ties to the slave trade and pledged new financial support to black and minority ethnic communities. Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, and pub chain Greene King said in statements late Wednesday that they would take steps to ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2020, 17:04 by Denis Chabrol Pope Francis has appointed Guyanese Roman Catholic Priest  Father John Derek Persaud as the Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica. Fr. John Persaud is to take up his appointment as soon as he can travel to Jamaica. There he will meet with the Apostolic Administrator, Clergy, Religious and the Faithful of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 June 2020, 15:47 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Court of Appeal on Friday agreed to accept a copy of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) recount report in a case brought by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) supporter to order the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) not use the all of the recount results because ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 June 2020, 17:06 by Denis Chabrol Police on Thursday said they would charge a number of supporters of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for breaching the COVID-19 orders that provide for physical distancing. “Police were able to identify a number of individuals in the gathering and summons are being prepared for charges ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 June 2020, 16:36 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Public Health on Thursday reported 12 new cases of the coronavirus  after 42 tests were conducted within the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of confirmed cases to 183. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Shamdeo Persaud says that all the new cases originated in ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 June 2020, 16:07 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has pushed back future meetings now that the Guyana Court of Appeal has set Friday to hear a case filed by private citizen whether that election management body must first decide on a “final credible count” of the votes cast at the March 2, ...