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While it is pleased with the decision by the Guyana Elections Commission to bring an early end to the house-to-house registration exercise, the opposition People’s Progressive Party is not happy that the data garnered during house to house registration will be merged with the existing National Register of Registrants. In a statement this evening, the […]
The Guyana Elections Commission today announced that the house-to-house registration exercise will come to an end this Saturday, August 31. The decision to end the house-to-house exercise was made by the Chairman of GECOM, Justice Claudette Singh and announced at the Commission’s statutory meeting today. GECOM has indicated that the data garnered from House-to-House Registration […]
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has completed its preliminary report into the incident that occurred at the Cheddi Jagan Airport last week involving an American Airlines plane. The airbus was executing a left turn on Runway threshold for takeoff when during the pilot’s attempt to make the 180 degree turn-around, the nose gear and right […]
19-year-old, Imran Persaud will spend the next 18 months behind bars after pleading guilty to robbing his former employer two days after he was fired from the job. Persaud, who was unrepresented, made his first appearance in Court this morning before the Chief Magistrate and chose not to waste the Court’s time. He admitted to […]
With his latest effort to be granted a stay in the fraud charges being thrown out by Appeal Court Judge, Dawn Gregory, PPP Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali is now turning to the full Court of Appeal. Ali gave notice of appeal this morning as he appeared before the Chief Magistrate for the continuation of the […]
Regional Airline LIAT has announced that it is taking precautions against Tropical Storm Dorian that is threatening a number of Caribbean countries. The airline has announced that it has been forced to cancel a number of flights across the region in wake of the storm. Flights from Guyana to Barbados and from Barbados to Guyana […]
Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire this afternoon dismissed an application that was taken before her seeking to have the decision to proceed with house-to-house registration declared illegal. The application was made by Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party Lennox Schuman. His contention was that since the appointment of former GECOM Chair Justice James Patterson was […]
Another meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission ended this afternoon with no decision on the way forward for early elections and the preparations for those elections. After the meeting, Opposition nominated Commissioner Sase Gunraj said it is clear that “delaying tactics” are ongoing”. He said there is the need for elections in a timely manner […]
While declaring that no level of crime is acceptable, Citizenship Minister and former Police Commissioner, Winston Felix, is crediting the APNU+AFC Coalition for arresting Guyana’s crime situation over the past four years. At the PNC Reform’s weekly press conference this morning, Mr. Felix noted that serious crimes are down by 25% from 2014. “The PNCR […]
Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, today assured that despite the “hysteria” created in some sections of the media and by political elements on the number of Haitians visiting Guyana, no Haitian national has been found to be involved in trafficking in persons or people smuggling, as a victim or as a perpetrator. Speaking at the […]
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