Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2020, 16:34 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Monday set aside the 10 district declarations and ordered that Chief Elections Officer, Mr. Keith Lowenfield a third time to submit a report using figures from the national vote recount- the only figures now available. GECOM ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2020, 13:16 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was Monday morning divided on whether to accept the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield’s report that includes bloated regional four results or to fire him for disobeying the instructions of the Chairman, Claudette Singh. Sources said the three pro-APNU+AFC commissioners- Vincent Alexander, Desmond Trotman ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2020, 20:26 by Denis Chabrol The groundwork is being laid for the dismissal of the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield over his refusal  to obey instructions from the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Claudette Singh to submit a report of recounted, valid and certified votes cast at the March 2, 2020 general elections. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2020, 17:26 by Denis Chabrol The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland called for a declaration of the results of the March 2, 2020 general elections based on the recount to help preserve Guyana’s democracy. “Guyana’s destiny as a great nation rests on the shoulders of those men and women who are duty bound ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2020, 16:11 by Writer Several inmates of the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, were Sunday injured in a fire that destroyed one of the buildings, fire service and police officials said. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said no one was killed but eight inmates sustained minor injuries including burns and abrasions as well as smoke ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2020, 16:23 by Writer Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman Saturday night said Caribbean island nations with mere hundreds of people in electoral constituencies must keep out of Guyana’s political business and allow the country to solve its problems. Speaking on the Facebook page of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2020, 16:28 by Writer An attempt was made to burn the Umana Yana, a government-owned meeting place, in Kingston, Georgetown, early Sunday morning, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said at the scene. He told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/Demerara Waves Online News that an unidentified man was seen scampering away from the scene. He said ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 July 2020, 16:41 by Writer The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield on Saturday submitted a report after 11am based on the 10 declarations that were held in abeyance, and the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) election commissioners say they are inaccurate and do not reflect data from the recounted votes. This report came one day after ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2020, 20:00 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh  on Friday told the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield that he must deliver his report of the March 2, 2020 general elections in keeping with the recounted and certified valid votes. He did not submit his report  ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2020, 16:01 by Denis Chabrol By Samuel Sukhnandan The United Nations (UN) has issued calls for an end to the election impasse in Guyana following the ruling delivered by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the controversial election process. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, through his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said that the Secretary-General ...