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Registration opens for UG’s 2nd Diaspora Conference in May, 2023; calls for papers
The University of Guyana (UG), now in its 60th year, is set to host its 2nd Diaspora Conference at the...
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OPINION: What will the PPP Gov’t do with access to information networks?
by GHK Lall I note with interest the development where Guyana has joined regional information sharing networks to facilitate going...
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GECOM gets green-light to adjust recount hours, no quarantine for foreigners
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will possibly work a 10-hour work day for the national recount and the CARICOM high-level...
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No curfew extension for GECOM’s national recount; foreign scrutineers, observers must be quarantined for 14 days
The National COVID-19 Task Force has ruled out allowing a recount of general election votes after 6pm. Prime Minister Moses...
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GECOM reinvites CARICOM as site visit planned for national vote recount venue
The Independent High-Level Mission (from left): Ms Angela Taylor, Chief Electoral Officer, Barbados; Mr Anthony Boatswain, former Finance Minister, Grenada;...
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GECOM agrees to recall CARICOM team to “validate” recount; Chief Elections Officer to craft plan
The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has agreed that a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) high-level team should return to "validate" the...
Read moreDetailsTrinidad’s Prime Minister has “a problem” with loose misinterpretation of CARICOM-supervision of recount; supports return of team
The Independent High-Level Mission (from left): Ms Angela Taylor, Chief Electoral Officer, Barbados; Mr Anthony Boatswain, former Finance Minister, Grenada;...
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Trinidad’s Prime Minister concerned about CARICOM headquarters in politically unstable Guyana
Flashback: President David Granger and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley briefing the media shortly after signing a...
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CARICOM Chairperson says “forces” don’t want Guyana election votes counted
Caricom Chairperson, Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley flanked by (left to right) Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque; the Prime Minister...
Read moreDetailsHigh Court blocks CARICOM-supervised recount of Guyana’s general election votes
The Independent High-Level Mission (from left): Ms Angela Taylor, Chief Electoral Officer, Barbados; Mr Anthony Boatswain, former Finance Minister, Grenada;...
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