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The Guyana Elections Commission is looking at a timeline of late November or early December to host local government elections. Local government elections were last held in 2018. Chairperson of GECOM, retired Justice Claudette Singh explained today that with the Commission set to begin a claims and objections period soon, the process will continue for […]
Unhappy with the ruling by Chief Justice Roxane George on the President’s unilateral appointment of Clifton Hicken as Acting Police Commissioner, the Opposition has filed an appeal in the matter. Last week, the Chief Justice ruled that in the absence of a Leader of the Opposition and a Police Service Commission being in place at […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey today promised to intervene if there are attempts to stymie or influence the investigations into claims made by CID rank Dion Bascom against senior members of the Guyana Police Force. Bascom has alleged that a major Police cover-up might have hampered the investigations into the murder of popular biker, Ricardo Fagundes aka […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today announced that it will commence a Claims and Objections exercise from next Monday to produce an Official List of Electors (OLE) ahead of Local Government polls. The exercise will be conducted at all the GECOM permanent Registration Offices in the ten (10) Administrative Regions. During the Claims and Objections […]
Veteran politician and former General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee took the oath of office this morning as a new PPP-nominated Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission, taking up the seat left by Bibi Shadick who passed away on Saturday. Mr. Rohee took the oath of office before President Irfaan Ali […]
Professor at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Janette Bulkan believes that oil company ExxonMobil and other operators within the Petroleum Industry are being “given free rein” by the Guyanese Government to dominate the country’s marine space, thereby, superseding the legal and customary rights of fishers. The situation, she said, has resulted in a […]
Police Detective Dion Bascom is standing by his claims that there is a cover-up in the Police investigations into the murder of biker Ricardo Fagundes aka Paper Shorts. The Police Detective has claimed major corruption in the investigation involving senior Police officers and a city businessman and his security agent. Over the weekend, the Police […]
People’s Progressive Party nominate Commissioner at the Guyana Elections Commission, Bibi Shadick passed away on Saturday afternoon at her East Street, Georgetown home. Ms. Shadick had been ailing for a number of days. Shadick who once served as Minister of Social Services under a previous PPP Civic government was also a former Chairman of the […]
The Government of Guyana today signed a US$44 million loan agreement with the World Bank as part of the Guyana Strengthening Human Capital through Education Project. According to the Ministry of Education, the project focuses on the expansion of access to quality education at the secondary level and improving technical and vocational training (TVET). The […]
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh signed the Census Order earlier this week and it has since been published in the Official Gazette declaring the 15th September, 2022 as Census Day in Guyana The signing of the order followed the approval by the National Assembly for supplemental funding of G$2 billion to aid in the execution […]
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