By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2019
News, Politics
The Private Sector Commission has accepted the Chief Justice’s decision to deny a request by Attorney Christopher Ram halt to the house-to-house registration exercise, but the Commission still has a number of concerns. Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Gerry Gouveia has dispatched another letter to the Chief Elections Officer about the house-t- house registration […]
By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2019
Crime, News, Politics
The lawsuit against Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo by businessman Charles Ceres will come up again in Court on the 5th August. Mr. Ceres is suing Mr. Jagdeo for in excess of $500 million for alleged defamatory statements that the Opposition Leader made against the businessman at a press conference and repeated during several media interviews […]
By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2019
Crime, News, Politics
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, has issued a stern warning to members of the Police Force against wrongdoings, pointing out that no member of the Force is immune to the law and that goes for senior officers also. Mr. Ramjattan’s statement was made this morning at an event on human trafficking and it comes on […]
By News Source Guyana on July 23, 2019
News, Politics
A group of Guyanese craft producers staged a protest in front of the CARICOM Secretariat this morning to raise their concern and dissatisfaction with the way they are being treated by the organisers of CARIFESTA. The group of craft producers will be part of Guyana’s contingent to the regional festival which is being hosted in […]
By News Source Guyana on July 23, 2019
News, Politics
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party is holding firm to its decision to be non-cooperative with the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise. In a statement last evening, the PPP said it will not accept any voter’s list that will be generated from the house-to-house registration. The Elections Commission intends to use the ongoing registration process as part […]
By News Source Guyana on July 23, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, has announced that the Guyana Elections Commission has increased the number of staff members in the field conducting house-to-house regulation. Speaking to reporters this morning at the High Court, Mr. Lowenfield said the process has been progressing with satisfaction. “We have many more teams on the frontend and people are […]
By News Source Guyana on July 23, 2019
News, Politics
Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire this morning denied a request by Attorney Christopher Ram for the Court to grant an order to stop the house-to-house exercise by the Guyana Elections Commission. Attorney Anil Nandlall who represented the interests of Christopher Ram in the matter, told the media after that “the Chief Justice did not grant the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2019
News, Politics
Chartered Accountant and Attorney Christopher Ram has moved to the Court seeking a Conservatory Order to prohibit the Guyana Elections Commission, the Chief Elections Officer, and or the Commissioner of National Registration from conducting or continuing to conduct the current House to House Registration process. Mr. Ram also wants the Court to grant an order […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
In a letter to the Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission, the Private Sector of Commission issued a call for the house-to-house registration exercise to be suspended, while accusing the Elections Commission of being involved in an illegal process. The letter was signed by PSC Chairman, Captain Gerry Gouveia and mirrored many of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that his party will not be co-operating with the house-to-house registration exercise which started on Saturday. Mr. Jagdeo claims that the exercise is “illegal” and is in contravention of the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice. During a media statement […]