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The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh reportedly on Wednesday told a meeting with the opposition that she wants at least 100 boxes of ballots to be reccounted daily in order to meet the May 31 deadline. This appears to be in line with Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander saying that GECOM would work with the COVID-19 Task ...

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Prime Ministerial candidate, Retired Brigadier Mark Phillips on Tuesday said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) needs to count at least 93 boxes of ballots per day to finish the recount by May 31. “By my calculation, we should be counting somewhere about ninety-three or more boxes per day in order to reach the twenty-five-day deadline and ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has expressed concern about the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) assignment of  an Information Technology (IT) staff member to supervise the recount of Region Four votes because he was implicated in an alleged malpractice during a previous tabulation exercise of those votes in March. The PPP has written to GECOM Chairman, Retired Justice Claudette Singh expressing ...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is “disappointed” that the National COVID-19 Task Force’s approval of a mere two more workstations to recount the remaining estimated 300,000 votes cast in the March 2, 2020 general elections. The City business organisation said the now 12 workstations would not see the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) completing the recount on May ...

Hours after a motorcycle was early Monday morning stolen from a residence, one of the suspects was shot dead during an exchange of gunfire on police during a high-speed chase in Sparendaam Police identified the man as Kevin “Cross-Eye” Thomas. The lawmen described him as a known character. At the time of the incident, Thomas was riding the motorcycle that ...

The Ministry of Public Health said the novel coronavirus situation is worsening and men are mostly responsible for the increased number of infections that now stand at 124 in just over two months. “Today we are in our ninth week since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed and sad to say we have not begun to slow the rate ...

The National COVID-19 Task Force Monday night announced that approval has been given for 104 Guyanese to return home, but they will have to provide coronavirus test results 48 hours in advance or they may be quarantined if they fail to do so. The Task Force said the decision for “controlled re-entry” was taken at its weekly statutory meeting and ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is set to ask that the three-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) recount team extend its stay in Guyana because the exercise is expected to last longer than 25 days, although the National COVID-19 Task Force has approved two additional workstations, Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander said Monday. He said the increase in the number of workstations from ...

A day after President David Granger publicly stated that he would accept “any” result declared by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Attorney General, Basil Williams back-pedaled on his weekend position and on Monday categorically stated that the National Election Recount (NER)  can be used to determine the results. “At the duly summoned meeting of GECOM the report of the outcome ...

A Brazilian gold miner was allegedly killed on Sunday  when the fan of a Jet-4 engine dragged him and cut off his right leg. Dead is Taburcio Valeriano De Andrade called Netto of Boa Vista, Brazil and Oku Backdam, Cuyuni. Police say the 65-year old man was mining in a pit at Oku Backdam, Cuyuni River yesterday morning. Investigators were ...