By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
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Government nominated Commissioner at the Guyana Elections Commission, Vincent Alexander has indicated that he has made moves to consult his Attorneys over accusations leveled against him by PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo. At a Wednesday press conference, Mr. Jagdeo lumped Alexander among several persons he accused of being involved in electoral fraud and rigging. Alexander […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The APNU+AFC coalition is accusing the Head of the OAS Observer Mission that Observed Guyana’s elections of being biased. In a statement last evening, the party said former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has shown partisanship and unquestionable links to the People’s Progressive Party and that compromises him. APNU+AFC Executive and Candidate, Joe Harmon said […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2020
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The recount of votes for Region One was completed today in 98 of the 99 ballot boxes with the lone exception being a ballot box that was discovered drenched in rain water that had seeped into the storage container. The ballot box was opened this morning in the presence of party agents and all of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
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The Public Health Ministry while continuing to warn citizens about the spread of the coronavirus in Guyana is also making it known that the battle is not lost. However, there is the worry that the rising number of cases could overburden the country’s health care system. In the past 24hrs, Guyana conducted 34 tests for […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo is supportive of the decision to increase the number of workstations for the vote recount. At a press briefing this midday outside the Arthur Chung Convention Center, Mr. Jagdeo emphasized that the declaration of the election results must be based on the recount. “We want […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
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The Organisation of American States Observer Mission for the Guyana Elections is maintaining that there were grave errors with the declaration of votes for Region Four that raised questions about the transparency and credibility of that tabulation process. The Head of the OAS Observer Mission, Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding reported to the OAS […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
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As the recount of votes for Guyana’s national and regional elections continues under the scrutiny of a High-Level CARICOM team, CARICOM’s Ambassador to the Organisation of American States has declared that CARICOM “regard ourselves as the most legitimate interlocutors in the Guyana situation”. Ambassador Noel Lynch made the statement this morning to a meeting of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2020
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A group of five US Senators headed by the Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, James E. Risch, have written to President David Granger requesting that “credible international observers” be allowed to return to Guyana to observe the vote recount. The vote recount which is currently underway is being observed by a […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission is examining the possibility of adding more workstations at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre to get more votes counted in a faster time. There are currently 10 workstations in operation. Today marked the 7th day of the recount and just over 10% of the total boxes have been counted so far. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2020
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The Public Health Ministry has conducted a total of 56 tests for the coronavirus over the past 24 hours and four new cases of the disease have been recorded. The total number of confirmed cases has reached 113 with 67 of those cases being active. A total of 39 persons have made full recoveries and […]