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Some residents in the Sophia community started to claim already allocated government land over the weekend and earlier today, demanding that they be granted house lots or the government could face the possibility of them withholding their votes. Many of the residents have been converging in an area behind Cummings Lodge, marking off plots and […]
Incumbent President David Granger called on East Coast Demerara residents to show up at the polls in convincing numbers to cement an APNU+AFC re-election at the March 2, elections. Speaking before a large gathering of supporters at Golden Grove on Friday night, President Granger reminded the East Coast Demerara residents that Region Four is the […]
The China Zhonghao company in Guyana of which FALLS is a subsidiary has signed a distributor contract with Jamaican Bunkering company West Indies Petroleum (WIP)/ Island Lubes Distributors Ltd. Under the contract, FALLS will become the exclusive distributor in Guyana of BP Castrol products for the Marine, Mining and Power Generation category which offers a […]
Leader of the Opposition and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo today said he is still not satisfied with the work of the Guyana Elections Commission ahead of the upcoming elections in March. At a press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said the moves by GECOM to make corrections to the Revised Voters List appears suspicious. […]
The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) has branded as “fake news,” recent statements from GECOM Commissioners that its presidential candidate, Lenox Shuman has been barred from running in the upcoming general and regional elections because of his dual citizenship status. Shuman is a Guyanese-Canadian who has since confirmed that he has filed to relinquish his […]
In a strongly-worded statement this afternoon, The Guyana Elections Commission said it is perturbed by recent attempts to discredit its work. GECOM said it is cognizant of the efforts by some whose “sole intention is to disenfranchise thousands of eligible electors who participated in the house-to-house registration exercise. This will not happen”. The Opposition Leader […]
American multinational investment bank, CitiBank is looking at the possibility of entering the Guyana market and setting up operations here. Over the past two days, a team from the bank’s headquarters in New York has been meeting with Government and Private Sector officials in Guyana as part of an exploratory and fact-finding mission. The officials […]
The European Union has accepted an invitation by President David Granger for an Election Observer Mission to be sent to Guyana to observe the upcoming elections. The core team of eight elections analysts is expected to arrive on Friday and will be joined by other observers from the EU in February. They will remain in […]
Local commercial bank, Citizens Bank, had a very good 2019 and the bank is now focusing on expanding its services and branches. At the annual general meeting of the bank on Tuesday, Chairman of the Board, Clifford Reis revealed that in 2019, the bank raked in profits of more than $955 million which represents a […]
The visiting US Congressional team of Representatives Albio Sires, Gregory Meeks and Yvette Clarke met this afternoon with President David Granger and a government team at the President’s office. In a released comment after the meeting, the President said he assured the team that based on the information coming out of the Elections Commission, preparations […]
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