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LJP says Shuman asked to provide information on citizenship to GECOM

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) has branded as “fake news,” recent statements from GECOM Commissioners that its presidential candidate, Lenox Shuman has been barred from running in the upcoming general and regional elections because of his dual citizenship status.  Shuman is a Guyanese-Canadian who has since confirmed that he has filed to relinquish his […]

GECOM blasts those seeking to disenfranchise electors who participated in H2H process

In a strongly-worded statement this afternoon, The Guyana Elections Commission said it is perturbed by recent attempts to discredit its work. GECOM said it is cognizant of the efforts by some whose “sole intention is to disenfranchise thousands of eligible electors who participated in the house-to-house registration exercise. This will not happen”. The Opposition Leader […]

Leopold St. woman dies one month after stabbing

A Leopold Street family is seeking justice following the death of a 31-year-old woman. The dead woman, 31-year-old Latoya Haywood, passed away this morning after spending the past four weeks in an unconscious state in a city hospital. She was stabbed to the chest in the region of her heart back by another woman during […]

CitiBank exploring possibility of setting up Guyana operations

American multinational investment bank, CitiBank is looking at the possibility of entering the Guyana market and setting up operations here. Over the past two days, a team from the bank’s headquarters in New York has been meeting with Government and Private Sector officials in Guyana as part of an exploratory and fact-finding mission. The officials […]

EU Elections Observer Mission to arrive Friday

The European Union has accepted an invitation by President David Granger for an Election Observer Mission to be sent to Guyana to observe the upcoming elections. The core team of eight elections analysts is expected to arrive on Friday and will be joined by other observers from the EU in February. They will remain in […]

Guyana records “significant improvement” on Transparency’s Corruption Index

Transparency International released its 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report this morning, listing Guyana among the countries with significant improvements in the fight against corruption. According to the report, “with a score of 40, Guyana is a significant improver on the CPI since 2012. While there is still much work to do, the government is demonstrating political will to hold former politicians accountable for the misuse of […]