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As the government and the opposition continue to argue about whether there should be house-to-house registration before the next elections, the People’s National Congress which is the largest party in the coalition government believes the Opposition is afraid of a clean list. The PNC hosted its weekly press conference this morning at Congress Place and […]
As the Guyana Elections Commission prepares to begin house to house registration across the country tomorrow, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party staged a large picketing exercise this morning outside the GECOM headquarters calling for GECOM to halt house to house registration. The PPP believes that the Elections Commission should instead be getting itself ready for […]
Special Assistant at the State Asset Recovery Agency, Eric Phillips, has tendered his resignation from the body. The resignation will take effect in the month of August. The resignation comes in wake of revelations that Phillips served as a Director of the African Business Roundtable which has an affiliated company that applied for and […]
Guyana’s Opposition Leader and former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, is upset that the regional body, CARICOM, has not been saying much publicly on the recent validation of the no-confidence motion against the Guyana Government by the Caribbean Court of Justice. Mr. Jagdeo used his Thursday afternoon press conference to express his “disappointment” in CARICOM offering only […]
The Exxon company today announced that its oil production vessel, the Liza Destiny, has departed Singapore for Guyana. It is expected to arrive in Guyana in September as the country gets set for first oil early next year. The vessel was commissioned by First Lady Sandra Granger last month in Singapore. When it arrives in […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has not found favour with the two suggestions by President David Granger to be possibly included in his list of nominees for the position of Elections Commission Chairman. The President had suggested the names of retired Judge Claudette LaBenett and Attorney Kessaundra Alves to be possibly included in the Opposition Leader’s […]
The Private Sector Commission has released a second and longer statement on the consequential orders of the Caribbean Court of Justice. In the statement issued today, the PSC said it is the considered view of the Private Sector body that the responsibility to uphold the constitution and its provisions on the passage of a no-confidence […]
Police Commissioner Leslie James has announced that he will soon announce a new head of the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force. The announcement could come within the next 24 hours. Assistant Police Commissioner Sydney James who headed the unit, was recently sent on leave in wake of the scathing findings of […]
The Opposition Leader’s Attorney in the no-confidence case, Anil Nandlall has written the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, requesting that the Commission starts making preparations for elections by September 18. In the letter seen by News Source, Mr. Nandlall outlined the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice validating the passage of the no-confidence motion […]
Diplomats from the American, British and European Missions in Guyana are urging Guyana’s leaders to abide by the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice in the no-confidence and GECOM Chairman cases and the relevant provisions of the Constitution. In the two-line joint statement, the ABE Diplomats said “the Caribbean Court of Justice – Guyana’s […]
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