Politics
Private Sector Commission says total national recount “waste of time”
The Private Sector Commission (PSC), one of the local organisations that observed last month's general elections, Monday night urged the...
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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...
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Trinidad’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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Guyana Court of Appeal rules that CARICOM-supervised recount is illegal
Justice of Appeal, Dawn Gregory. The Guyana Court of Appeal on Sunday ruled that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot...
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Gov’t mobilising basic supplies for vulnerable communities; Nagamootoo vows “there will be no abuse”
Acting Director General of the CDC, Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig. In light of the month-long emergency measures instituted by the...
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Nagamootoo orders police to enforce minibus anti-COVID-19 passenger restrictions
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Saturday publicly ordered the Guyana Police Force to ensure minibus operators...
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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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