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OPINION: I disagree with coalition’s commissioner recount statement; I separate from it
by GHK Lall Though I had warned to manage expectations, I still harbored faint hopes that norms would prevail, that...
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Business, religious, labour petition Inter-American Human Rights Commission to avert “political disaster” in Guyana
Twenty-five mainly private sector organisations have petitioned the United States (US)-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to pressure Guyanese...
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Canada helping its citizens leave Guyana
High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee. Canada on Saturday continued to fly out its citizens back to Toronto,...
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Jagdeo calls for emergency food supplies to vulnerable groups
Businesses in the heart of commercial Georgetown closed Friday afternoon (3rd April, 2020) during what would normally be a period...
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Recount does not mean automatic declaration of winner -GECOM Commissioner Alexander
Pro-coalition elections commissioners (l-r) Desmond Trotman, Vincent Alexander and Charles Corbin. Pro-coalition Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Friday said the...
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Updated: GECOM agrees to recount votes cast in general elections
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday agreed to a national recount of votes cast in general elections on March...
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Former ACP Secretary-General, US Ambassador, private sector weigh in on sanctions, democracy
Patrick Gomes Former Secretary-General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, Dr Patrick Gomes has cautioned Guyana against ignoring...
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BREAKING: Recount of votes likely as GECOM Chairman says ‘no’ to use existing declarations
A shipping container of ballots being returned to GECOM's headquarters on 20th March, 2020. (File photo) The Guyana Elections Commission...
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Don’t rush to recount, let the Court system work -Ulita Moore tells Bharrat Jagdeo
Attorneys-at-Law Anil Nandlall, Sanjeev Datadin (centre) and Roysdale Forde. A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) candidate, Ulita Moore,...
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Commonwealth Foreign Ministers press GECOM to recount votes or gov’t won’t be legitimate
Commonwealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland. The Commonwealth Group of Foreign Ministers has called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)...
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