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Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said he is pleased and happy with the President’s decision to appoint Justice Claudette Singh as the new Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission. At a late-afternoon press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said the decision is one that enjoys his support and it was a consensual decision. “We are very very happy […]
Retired Justice of Appeal and Legal Advisor to the Guyana Police Force, Justice Claudette Singh will be the next Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. The decision followed a meeting between President David Granger and the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo as they hammered out names that were found not to be unacceptable to […]
Three men, who were recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit in the Parika area with over 5 pounds of cocaine were today charged and remanded to prison by the Chief Magistrate. 48-year-old, Deopaul Gordeen, 47-year-old Mohammed Insham and 41-year-old, Amid Kumar appeared in Court this morning and the cocaine trafficking charge was read to […]
Even as the Opposition People’s Progressive Party continues to boycott the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise, the Government is encouraging citizens to ignore the opposition’s boycott and get themselves registered. At a PNC press conference this morning, party member and Minister of Finance Winston Jordan said the position of the coalition has not changed when it […]
President David Granger met with members of the Diplomatic Community this morning and this afternoon he invited and made a statement to members of civil society at State House. In that statement, the President said his government remains respectful of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s ruling and of the Guyana Constitution. He said the government […]
Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon has indicated that there has been no discontinuing of the meetings between the government and opposition over the appointment of a Chairman of the Elections Commission. In a statement last evening, Mr. Harmon said the two sides have been in touch with each other and the […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today lashed out at the Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and the People’s Progressive Party for encouraging citizens not to cooperate with the ongoing house-to-house national registration exercise, being undertaken by the Elections Commission. The PPP has said it will continue to “not co-operate” with the house-to-house registration exercise even as the […]
The Private Sector Commission has accepted the Chief Justice’s decision to deny a request by Attorney Christopher Ram halt to the house-to-house registration exercise, but the Commission still has a number of concerns. Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Gerry Gouveia has dispatched another letter to the Chief Elections Officer about the house-t- house registration […]
The lawsuit against Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo by businessman Charles Ceres will come up again in Court on the 5th August. Mr. Ceres is suing Mr. Jagdeo for in excess of $500 million for alleged defamatory statements that the Opposition Leader made against the businessman at a press conference and repeated during several media interviews […]
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, has issued a stern warning to members of the Police Force against wrongdoings, pointing out that no member of the Force is immune to the law and that goes for senior officers also. Mr. Ramjattan’s statement was made this morning at an event on human trafficking and it comes on […]
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