Last Updated on Saturday, 13 June 2020, 22:24 by Denis Chabrol The report by the Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield indicates that votes not affected by anomalies/irregularities and voter impersonation amount to  185,302 votes. If Lowenfield’s figures are accepted by the seven-member commission, it would mean the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would get  56,627 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 June 2020, 14:49 by Denis Chabrol The Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield on Saturday told his Chairman, Claudette Singh that the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections were not free and fair across the 10 administrative regions. “The summation of the anomalies and instances of voter impersonation identified ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 June 2020, 13:39 by Denis Chabrol The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Saturday submitted his report on the national recount of votes cast at the March 2, 2020 general and regional polls to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh. “The Commission will meet to deliberate and base on ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 June 2020, 10:40 by Denis Chabrol A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Britten-Norman Islander, which was purchased two years ago, made an emergency landing at Bimichi, North West District Friday afternoon. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field confirmed that the pilot informed him that there was an engine failure. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 June 2020, 9:50 by Denis Chabrol The Working People’s Alliance on Saturday- the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney- is renewing its call for a government of national unity and no interference in Guyana’s domestic affairs by other countries. The WPA says it is recomitting its quest for a Guyana that is ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 June 2020, 22:52 by Denis Chabrol Presidential candidate for A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) , David Granger on Friday night announced that his coalition wants the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to subtract fake votes such as those allegedly cast in the names of overseas people. “We are also committed to ensuring that ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 June 2020, 20:36 by Denis Chabrol The incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) wants the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to validate some ballots or scrap the election altogether, but the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Friday insisted that that and other suggestions are not possible under the constitutional and law. “GECOM has ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 June 2020, 10:25 by Denis Chabrol by Nigel Westmaas “A struggle doesn’t drop from the sky; it has roots, it has been going on for years – people’s energies, their consciousness, their organizations have evolved in response to specific historical conditions.” Walter Rodney, (Groundings) On the night of June 13, 1980 celebrated Guyanese historian and ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 June 2020, 21:51 by Denis Chabrol The incumbent A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Thursday called on the Chairman of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM), Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Mottley to state her position on Guyana’s national vote recount. The incumbent coalition issued the call one day after incoming CARICOM Chairman, St. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 June 2020, 13:05 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday awarded costs totalling GYD$450,000 to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Officer, Retired Justice Claudette Singh and Region Four Returning Officer , Clairmont Mingo after the plaintiff’s lawyer, Anil Nandlall, withdrew the contempt of court case against Mingo. That’s because  lawyers  representing the ...