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The APNU is accusing the state-owned National Communications Network of denying its request to access the lone tv-station in Linden to speak about its plans and policies as local elections approach. NCN is the only local tv station in the town of Linden, operating on two channels. The APNU has complained that while its candidates […]
As local Government Elections approach, President Irfaan Ali is making the rounds in several communities across the country. On Wednesday, the President visited several communities on the lower East Coast including Plaisance, Vryheid Lust and Beterverwagting, with his plans to take development to those communities. Some the issues raised by those communities included the state […]
European Union Ambassador to Guyana, Rene van Nes has announced that the EU remains committed to assist Guyana with its electoral reform plans and has brought in a team of electoral experts to assist Guyana with its reform of the electoral system. At Europe Day celebrations on Tuesday, Ambassador van Nes said “there are election […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has granted approval for some 46 political parties, voluntary groups and individuals to contest the upcoming Local Government Elections. In accordance with the Local Authorities (Elections) Act, the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud, has notified the parties, voluntary groups and individuals that their titles, symbols and candidates have been […]
The Opposition, APNU is maintaining its call for the Guyana Elections Commission to address the many reported cases of forged signatures appearing on the nomination list for various PPP candidates in the upcoming elections. At a press conference today, party officials said while the party is ready to contest the upcoming local elections, it cannot […]
The Elections Commission of Inquiry’s final report into the 2020 General Elections, was handed over to President Irfaan Ali today at the Office of the President. The Commission of Inquiry found that there was a “conscious and deliberate – even brazen –effort to violate sections of the Representation of the People’s Act, which is the […]
While noting that President Irfaan Ali, is not in breach of the Constitution by delaying the appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice, Justice Damone Younge declared that the continuous delay has become “untenable” and “unacceptable.” The Judge ordered today that the President and Leader of the Opposition should immediately commence the process to […]
The Natural Resource Fund (NRF) has a balance of more than US$1.4 billion, the Ministry of Finance, has disclosed. The disclosure came hours after the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira, tabled the notification of receipts of all petroleum revenues paid into the Natural Resource Fund during the period January 1 to March […]
A Guyanese man who has been living in the United States for the past six years is calling on the People’s Progressive Party to remove his name as a nominator for one of its candidates in the upcoming local elections, since he never nominated anyone and never signed any document related to the elections. 25-year-old […]
Days after submitting their lists of candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections, the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and the main opposition – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) – are accusing each other of forging signatures of candidates and backers on each other’s lists. At a press conference this morning, Leader of the […]
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