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In a report on Guyana’s preparedness for marine oil spill response, the Auditor General Deodat Sharma warns that significant legal and operational gaps could hamper the country’s response to an oil spill. “The government has plans and resources to respond to marine oil spills but there are significant legal and operational gaps that could hamper […]
Former Executive Member of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Jonathan Yearwood told the Elections Commission of Inquiry (COI) that the process of tabulating and verifying the votes cast per party in Region Four went downhill after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), IT officer, Enrique Livan took over the process at the Command Centre at […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir turned down yet another Opposition motion this morning. The House Speaker refused to entertain a motion by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, which sought to address the need for a clean voters list and safeguards to avoid voter impersonation. “Mr. Speaker, you are aware that every observer that observe […]
Assistant Police Commissioner and current Head of the Presidential Guard Unit today told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the 2020 Elections that he was stripped of his responsibility for Regional Division Four as a result of his efforts to safeguard the Region Four Statements of Poll (SOPs) and other election related documents at […]
The protest by Attorneys today outside the Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit has drawn the ire of the Attorney General who now wants to know if there is a hidden agenda replacing concerns about the arrest by SOCU of Attorney Tamieka Clarke for advising a client to remain silent. “So I thought that this […]
The Alliance For Change which is part of the APNU+AFC coalition believes that the announcement by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo of improved terms and conditions for future oil blocks amount to a sham and a ploy to shift the conversation of renegotiation of the current contract with ExxonMobil and its partners. During a press conference […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that many global leaders are opting out of the upcoming climate change conference, COP27, scheduled to be held in Egypt next week, because they have failed to make good on their commitments made during the 2021 UN Conference on Climate Change in Glasgow. During COP26, global leaders […]
Describing the arrest of Attorney Tamieka Clarke as a direct attack on the rule of law and a threat to democracy, over fifty Attorneys dressed in their robes picketed the office of the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force this midday. The protest was called by the Guyana Bar Association which has […]
Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud in taking the stand as the first witness in the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the March 2020 Elections, told the Commission that the security footage from Ashmins Building which served as the Office for Region Four Returning Officer (RO) is missing. “Nobody seems to know when […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today announced that the Government is preparing to auction 14 oil blocks under an updated Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) Model that would see Guyana receiving a royalty rate of 10% instead of 2%. The announcement followed Cabinet’s approval to have the blocks auctioned. “We have decided to auction 14 blocks and […]
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