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GECOM Chair defends integrity following criticism from Opposition Leader

Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission retired Justice Claudette Singh, today defended her integrity after coming under criticism from PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo about some of her decisions at the Guyana Elections Commission. Justice Singh said the Commission has done a lot of hard work to arrive at nomination day for the elections and […]

My mind is on winning the elections -PPP’s Irfaan Ali

The People’s Progressive Party Civic brought out a large number of its supporters as it Marched from its headquarters on Robb Street to the Umana Yana on High Street to present the party’s list of candidates. The PPP’s list is headed by the party’s General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo. The party’s Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali said […]

Jagdeo blasts GECOM over inclusion of data from H2H Registration on Revised List

Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo today expressed his disappointment over recent decisions coming out of the Guyana Elections Commission. At his weekly press conference, Mr. Jagdeo raised concern about GECOM recent move to begin a process to correct the information contained on the Revised Voters List to include information gathered during the […]

GRA revenue collection in 2018 was $198.5 B and not $217 Billion . -Commissioner General

The Guyana Revenue Authority today disputed reports carried by the Guyana Times that in the Auditor General’s 2018 report, it shows that the revenue collection agency collected $217 Billion in taxes in 2018. The GRA issued a statement this afternoon responding to the report. GRA Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia in his statement said the GRA’s total […]