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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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