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The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh has withdrawn from any active participation in the PPP Civic’s appeal of the Guyana Court of Appeal ruling in the election declaration case. On Sunday, Justice Singh’s Attorney, Kim Kyte, informed the Registrar of the CCJ that the decision was made after some consideration. […]
Police and Fire investigators are probing a fire that completely torched the vehicle of journalist Travis Chase and two other vehicles early this morning. The new Honda-CRV was parked in the compound of the Department of Public Service Training and Scholarships at around 3 o’clock this morning when the incident occurred. Chase who lives nearby […]
Three members of a family were killed on Saturday night as a fire suspected to have been deliberately started, completed gutted their Cummings Lodge apartment. The dead persons have been identified as 40-year-old Beverly Williams, her 46-year-old husband, Marvin Ifill and 14-year-old son Dawall Ifill. The charred remains were found in the ashes of the […]
The International Court has confirmed that it will be going ahead next Tuesday with the Guyana vs Venezuela matter on the question of the Court’s jurisdiction in the case concerning the 1899 Arbitral Award. In a statement today, the Court announced that Guyana’s delegation will present its oral arguments from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. […]
The People’s Progressive Party this afternoon described the Chief Elections Officer’s decision to discard more than 115,000 votes, deeming them not to be valid and credible as criminal, adding that his move is a public attempt at elections rigging. On the heels of a flurry of releases from various international organisations calling for a declaration […]
Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield today fired back at a report in the Stabroek News that claimed that his action to only use credible votes for his final report, thereby invalidating over 115,000 votes was an act of insubordination. In a statement, Mr. Lowenfield said those persons who believe that position have failed to recognize […]
While many countries in the Caribbean region have been seeing a decline in their COVID-19 cases, the number of cases in Guyana continues to climb as more tests are being done. Today, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud reported that in the past 24 hours, Guyana has recorded 15 new cases of COVID-19 from […]
Leading members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee today issued a call for the authorities in Guyana to begin a democratic transition of power that reflects the results of the March 2nd general and regional elections: In a statement issued through the local US Embassy, the Senators said nearly four months since the elections, […]
The incumbent APNU+AFC is standing by the final report issued to the Guyana Elections Commission by the Chief Elections Officer using the valid and credible votes that were cast at the elections. In a three-page statement today, the APNU+AFC also defended and supported the Court of Appeal’s decision on the issue of valid votes. According […]
During this afternoon’s CCJ case management conference on the appeal of the election declaration matter, the Lead Attorney for the PPP attempted to get the Court to order a withdrawal of the final election report that was submitted by the Chief Election Officer. The Court refused getting involved in that matter. Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes […]
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