GECOM Chair tells President Commission will be ready for elections by late November; Opposition nominated Commissioners object to letter

The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, retired Justice, James Patterson, in a letter to President David Granger today, has indicated that the Commission will be ready to host regional and general elections by late November. The Chairman’s letter came one week after President Granger wrote to him seeking clear guidance on an election time […]

GBTI Directors freed of contempt of Court charge

Almost a year and half since contempt of Court charges were filed against the Directors of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited, the Chief Magistrate threw out the charges today, saying that the Directors should not have been charged in the first place. The Directors were charged over their alleged refusal to provide […]

ERC finds no evidence of ethnicity being a factor in GECOM’s hiring practice

The Ethnic Relations Commission has completed its report into the complaint by the three opposition nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission about the hiring practices of the Guyana Elections Commission and the hiring of the Deputy Chief Elections Officer. The Commission found no evidence that supported the Opposition nominated Commissioners’ contention that GECOM was […]

Three suspects being sought for robbery and murder of BV Businessman

Well known bread vendor and businessman, Clairmont Telesford of Berverwagting, East Coast Demerara was attacked and murdered early Sunday morning just after he closed his business place. A police report has revealed that three masked men, including one who was armed, stormed the man’s premises around 1:30 this morning and held the businessman and his […]