Last Updated on Friday, 22 November 2024, 23:40 by Writer The chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, denies any personal political bias in the face of growing opposition calls for her to resign because she allegedly votes with the three People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-aligned election commissioners. “There is an accusation that I’m always voting with ...
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GECOM to mull over introducing biometrics before stakeholder input
Last Updated on Friday, 22 November 2024, 22:22 by Denis Chabrol As the number of eligible voters is set to surpass the latest figure of 718,715 and further fuel opposition calls for a clean list and digitalised fingerprint registration and identification of electors at polling stations, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh on Friday said the commission ...
Read More »OPINION: Prime Minister Modi outdid himself, then overdid too
Last Updated on Friday, 22 November 2024, 21:10 by Writer by GHK Lall Guyanese are sure going to have fond memories of Indian Prime Minister Shree Narendra Modi’s visit here. It was from India to Guyana with love. The love was a little too much at times, too targeted, too narrowly isolated. In the euphoria of Modi-ji’s official visit, Guyanese ...
Read More »Modi was not campaigning for PPP – PNCR executive member
Last Updated on Friday, 22 November 2024, 20:57 by Writer Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s labelling of three top Indo-Guyanese members of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as “ambassadors” of Indo-Guyanese would not hurt the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) at next year’s general and regional elections and did not amount to campaigning for the incumbent, PNCR executive member, Ganesh ...
Read More »“Strict measures” for GY$100,000 cash grant – gov’t
Last Updated on Friday, 22 November 2024, 20:49 by Writer Amid opposition claims that the People’s Progressive Party Civic administration was using the GY$100,000 cash grant as a means of capturing vital information to rig next year’s general elections, government said steps were being taken to ensure that there is no fraud. “As part of efforts to ensure a robust ...
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