Elections

President Granger announces Increase in Salary and Allowances for Public Servants

In an address to the nation from the garden at State House, President David Granger this afternoon assured public servants that the government is in their corner as he announced increases in salary and allowances for public servants. “Public servants’ minimum wage will be increased to $70,000 from $64,220 per month. This represents a nine […]

LJP decides to go it alone into 2020 Elections

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) today made it clear that it will not join with A Partnership for National Unity, APNU to contest the March 2, 2020 elections unless it is in the national interest. Recently, it was revealed that the Leader of the LJP, Lennox Shuman held discussions with the Leader of APNU, […]

GECOM’s decision on non-collection of ID cards “illegal” -says Opposition Leader

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today expressed surprise and disappointment at the decision of the Chairman of the Elections Commission Claudette Singh on the issue of registered persons who have not uplifted their ID cards in more than 10 years. The GECOM Chair at the Commission’s meeting yesterday ruled that those persons who have not collected […]

Over 3500 new registrations and 9500 transfers so far during GECOM’s Claims and Objections

The Guyana Elections Commission today reported that since the start of the claims and objections period almost a month ago, there have been 3,924 new registrations while 9516 persons have applied for transfers in their registration. The information was released today by GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Warde. Ms. Warde also revealed that there have […]