By News Source Guyana on June 30, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Almost four months after Guyana went to the polls, incumbent President David Granger maintains that only valid votes should be counted to arrive at a result for the Guyana Elections. During a radio interview last evening on the Mark Benschop “Straight Up Show”, the President said the anomalies discovered during the vote recount cannot be […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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, […]
By News Source Guyana on June 25, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 25, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The APNU+AFC and the United Republican Party have joined the election declaration case that has been taken before the CCJ as respondents. The two were not part of the initial case heard by the Guyana Court of Appeal. The Caribbean Court of Justice this afternoon set a rigid timetable for the hearing of the matter […]
By News Source Guyana on June 25, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
One day after the Ministry of Public Health released the names of more than 40 persons who recently returned on repatriation flights but could not be reached through their contact information, the majority of the persons have contacted the Ministry. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Karen Gordon Boyle said it appeared as though the publishing […]
By News Source Guyana on June 24, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Ethnic Relations Commission this afternoon announced a search for a number of persons it described as “persons of interest” in its efforts to crack down on racial incitement and racially insensitive statements on social media. In a post on its Facebook page, the ERC highlighted screenshots of some of the concerning statements and social […]
By News Source Guyana on June 24, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
While declaring that the current political situation in Guyana is not showcasing the Caribbean at its finest, Chairman of CARICOM and Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley today questioned the report submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission by the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield. In a statement, Ms. Mottley said CARICOM has remained consistent that every […]