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Update: Chief Elections Officer refuses to submit election results after receiving court documents

The GuyanaĀ  Elections Commission’s Chief Elections Officer has refused to submit his report containing results for a possible declaration after receiving filed court documents GECOM spokeswoman, Yolanda Ward says Lowenfield did not submit his report when he was served with a notice of motion. Elections Commissioner, Bibi Shadick said the Appeal Court cannot grant injunctions. A Notice of Motion was ...

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Guns seized by police are the same seen in Social Media video threat

Police on Thursday confirmed that the cache of weapons seen in a video with a man making threatening remarks are the same that they seized from a private security firm. Commander of ā€˜Aā€™ Division, Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore says the 26-year old man, who is still in custody, is being questioned about the motive for his actions. He was arrested ...

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Lethem, other Rupununi areas severely flooded

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says it has mobilized resources, and is on standby to offer support to three administrative regions including Region Nine (Upper-Takutu-Upper Essequibo). The flood has been caused by heavy rainfall over the past few days. The emergency response agency says at this time, Region Nine is the most severely affected with flooding in several communities. The ...

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PPP warns Lowenfield of life imprisonment for electoral fraud, as Harmon says no to “impure” votes

The Peopleā€™s Progressive Party (PPP) Thursday morning warned Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield that he could be jailed for life if he does not use the tabulated results from the national vote recount. The PPP issued the warning after a Stabroek News newspaper report quoted Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan as saying that legal technicalities can see theĀ  ...

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Police seize weapons, arrest man after threat of violence

A man was Wednesday arrested and several firearms belonging to a private security firm seized hours after a threat of violence on Social Media, police said. The Guyana Police Force says it promptly commenced a thorough investigation. So far investigators have arrested a 26-year-old male and seized a number of firearms belonging to a private security firm,” police said.

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COVID-19: Guyana announces six-phase reopening

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) announces a six phase re-opening of Guyana commencing with Phase 1 starting tomorrow, June 18th and will last until July 2nd. Government says the current curfew of 6pm to 6am will remain in effect for Phase 1 in all administrative regions. The non-curfew measures will be lifted in Regions 5 and 8 which, to ...

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European Union election observer mission urges declaration from recount

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) on Wednesday said it expected the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to use the recount data to declare the final results of the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. “The EU EOM trusts GECOM to expeditiously conclude the electoral process in accordance with the data resulting from the recount as per gazetted ...

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APNU+AFC ready to “respect” GECOM’s declaration- Ramjattan

Prime Ministerial candidate for A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan said the governing coalition was ready to accept the declaration which is expected to show it was defeated at the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. “We’ll have to respect her decision. I have indicated that I certainly will; that’s my position and we all ...

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Chief Elections Officer instructed to clear way for PPP to be declared winner

The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Tuesday instructed the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfiel to use of tabulated matrices from the national vote recount, effectively clearing the way for People’s Progressive Party (PPP) presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali to be sworn in as the next president. GECOM issued the following statement: ā€“ After considerable deliberations ...

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Govt will decide on new COVID-19 emergency measures from Thursday

As the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) prepares to decide later Tuesday afternoon whether to use the recount tabulation and the observation reports to declareĀ  results of the March 2, 2020 elections or ask that fresh elections be held, the Guyana government announced that new COVID-19 emergency measuresĀ  will be announced on Wednesday. “Kindly note that the current ...

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