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With its observer unable to travel to Guyana today aboard an Eastern Airlines flight that came to Guyana to ferry out US Citizens, the Carter Center’s accredited observation mission said it remains committed to providing an independent observation of Guyana’s electoral process, including the upcoming recount. In a statement on its website, the Carter Center […]
With the recount of votes cast at the 2020 elections set to begin on Wednesday, incumbent President David Granger has given the assurance that he will accept the results following the declaration by the Elections Commission. In an address to the nation moments after the order for the recount was gazetted, President Granger said he […]
The stage has been set for the start of the recount of all votes cast in the 2020 regional and general elections. The Guyana Elections Commission gazetted the recount order and that clears the way for the recount to begin on Wednesday. The Commission will only allow an audio live stream of the actual recount. […]
The Department of Energy is currently monitoring the low prices for oil on the international market. The Department is convinced that the current situation will not have any major impact on Guyana, which started to produce oil back in December. At a press conference today, the Director of the Energy Department, Dr. Mark Bynoe while […]
In a statement on Sunday, the US Embassy announced that it had made a request on behalf of the Carter Center and the International Republican Institute for their observers to fly into Guyana on an Eastern Airways flight to be part of the vote recount process. The embassy said the request was not approved. While […]
The Carter Center is hoping that the Government will give the clearance for one of its officials to fly into Guyana on Monday on a flight from Miami to observe the vote recount process. In a brief interview with News Source this afternoon, Carter Center Director for its Democracy Program, David Carroll explain that the […]
The Guyana Elections Commission has finalised its work plan and has decided that the recount of votes for the 2020 elections will begin on Wednesday. The Commission is set to finalize the recount order and have it gazetted on Monday. The Commission met today and wrapped up discussions on several of the issues for the […]
The US Embassy in Georgetown on Sunday indicated that it requested permission via diplomatic note for Observers from the Carter Centre to return to Guyana for the recount on one of those special flights that have been coming in to fly out US citizens in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the special flights […]
As media workers across Guyana join in observing World Press Freedom Day, the Guyana Press Association believes that the need is now more than ever for disinformation to be countered by facts and data, adding that “safety is being extended to include protection from a deadly pandemic, and bias and the compromising of standards must […]
The three-member CARICOM High-Level team for the Guyana elections vote recount arrived in Guyana this afternoon on a special chartered Trans Guyana flight, paving the way for the start of the recount process. The members of the team are Senior UWI Lecturer Ms. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Commissioner of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission, John Jarvis […]
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