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Nomination Day for the 2023 Local Government Elections has been postponed in light of the Court action filed by the Chief Scrutineer for the APNU+AFC over the validity of the voters list for the local government polls. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), during a special meeting today, decided to call off Nomination Day which was […]
As the new year approaches, the Ministry of Tourism is preparing to improve its marketing of Destination Guyana while expanding the local tourism sector. The Guyana Tourism Authority hosted its annual awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. Speaking at the event, Minister of Tourism, Oneidge Walrond said the country’s tourism product is growing from strength to […]
A fidgety Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, retired Justice Claudette Singh appeared before the Elections 2020 Commission of Inquiry this morning and testified that she became overwhelmed after the Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo declared the region’s results before a final tabulation of the votes. Between repeatedly glancing at her wristwatch to […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC is calling out the Special Organised Crime Unit for “harassment” after its Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph was summoned by SOCU for questioning. The coalition in a statement said it believes that the move is political. It was Smith-Joseph who filed a Court action last week that will likely result in another round […]
The gold miner, who is accused of launching a vicious attack on two brothers at a mining camp in Aurora on Tuesday, leaving one of the brothers dead and the other nursing wounds, has been arrested. Police Commander of Region Seven, Senior Superintendent Dion Moore told News Source that the murder suspect was arrested and […]
An Assistant Registration Officer (ARO) at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) testified before the Elections Commission of Inquiry today that while at first in the Command Centre, the electoral clerks were calling out the number of votes cast in favour of the various political parties from the Statements of Poll (SOPs), they were eventually instructed […]
At the end of November, the balance in Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund stood at over US$1.3 Billion, which is over G$290 billion, according to the monthly statement issued by the Bank of Guyana. The deposits were published by the Central Bank in keeping with Section 33(2) of the Natural Resource Fund Act, which provides for […]
The Court of Appeal has set the 8th February 2023 as the date when it will hear arguments in the Election Petition case challenging the High Court’s decision to uphold Order 60 – the Recount Order, which was used to facilitate the National Recount of the votes cast at the last Election. Justice of Appeal, […]
The proposal by the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Vishnu Persaud for there to be a 14-day exercise to correct the Register of Voters (voters list) for the upcoming local elections, will come up for discussion on Thursday during a special meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). In an internal memo to the Chairman of […]
A call by the Chief Election Officer, Vishnu Persaud for the Guyana Elections Commission to undertake a 14-days Claims and Objections exercise to correct the voters list for the Local Government Elections, has garnered the support of the Opposition APNU+AFC . It was the APNU+AFC that first flagged the list published by GECOM as not […]
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