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The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will not automatically accept the findings of the recount to declare a winner of the March 2, 2020 general elections, but will first decide whether to ask the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield to submit a report to the seven-member body. “The Commission shall, after deliberating on the report at paragraph 11, determine whether it ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Monday issued the Order for the National Recount of votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general elections “to determine and declare the results” of those polls. There will be a live audio stream of the count and a live audio-video stream of the tabulation exercise and results. Following is the Order that was ...

United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs, Michael Kozak on Sunday night called on the Guyana government to give the green light for the return of Carter Centre observers to observe the recount of ballots in general elections held two months ago. “The United States calls on the Government of #Guyana to approve entry for @CarterCenter and ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), Justin Nedd on Sunday rubbished claims on Social Media that the phone company planned to go as far as shutting down the Internet during the 25-day recount of votes cast in general elections held two months ago. “GTT hereby states that this statement is baseless, libelous and untrue. ...

Pro-coalition Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Sunday evening slammed  objections by the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to matching the number of votes in the ballot box with the names that have been crossed off by polling day staff at the March 2, 2020 polls. GECOM  decided on Sunday to issue and publish an order in the Official Gazette for ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Sunday decided that the national recount will begin on Wednesday. Well-placed sources say that decision was taken at today’s commission meeting.  However, the commissioners were up to news time yet to decide on requests by the 10 opposition parties for votes from each Region to be counted at a time, starting from Region One. ...

The United States (US) says the Guyana government has refused to give the green light for the return of Carter Centre observers on Monday, even as the United Nations (UN), Canada and the European Union added its voice to the call. The US  Embassy  said it was informed on Saturday, May 2 that an incoming May 4 flight had been ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Sunday called on President David Granger and the seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to ensure the return of foreign observers to witness recount of votes cast in the country’s elections more than two months ago. “It is now the duty of both the President and the Chairman to facilitate the early return of the ...

The now dead and injured Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers were instructed to destroy the Chinese-made pyrotechnics that were deemed defective, according to multiple army sources. Insiders familiar with the incident said a number of soldiers were seen hammering the explosives and emptying their powdery contents. The GDF has so far not responded to several searching questions related to the ...

Several non-governmental organisations are calling on authorities to remove gold mining operations as an essential service and closely monitor the movement of people especially truckers moving through Guyana’s interior. “Apart from its questionable status as an essential industry, the actual practice of gold-mining aggravates the Covid-19 threat posed to people in interior communities as witnessed by complaints from Chinese Landing ...