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This is a victory for all Guyanese
Now that the March 2 elections are finally over, it is time for all Guyanese to put whatever political differences they may have behind them and begin in earnest the task of nation
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Aide Memoire binds Claudette Singh and GECOM to a declaration based solely on the recount
I refer to a letter of Monday, May 25 by Kit Nascimento (`If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame’) in the Stabroek
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Two Region Nine Grade Six students test positive for COVID-19
Two Region Nine Grade Six students test positive for COVID-19 -after travelling from Brazil for NGSA
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
A movement once famous for its values and Rodneyite principles is now deeply involved in attempt to rig 2020 elections
I was the WPA’s Counsel along with Moses Bhagwan (in absentia) and took my instructions from Tacuma Ogunseye, Jocelyn Dow, Dr. David Hinds, Desmond Trotman, Eusi Kwayana and to a lesser extent Dr. Rupert
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Any polls declaration should be respected
Executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Dr Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday maintained that any declaration coming from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on the March 2 elections should be
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What awaits sports?
The government of Guyana is about to
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Eighty-four thousand
One would do well to recall at this point that before Mr Mingo’s sleight of hand failed miserably, the voting process had been declared smooth by at least one team of international observers and free and fair by Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Justice Claudette Singh as well as
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Carter Center ‘deeply disappointed’ at not being able to return
Carter Center ‘deeply disappointed’ at not being able to return -says gov’t chose not to demonstrate ‘genuine commitment to
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I favour inclusive governance rather than a shared PPP/C and PNCR Cabinet
I am aware that as I write, the biggest hurdle still stands before us – getting to and getting past the eventual Declaration that the PPP/C won our March 02, 2020 elections; that for the next five years the PPP/C will be sitting in the seat of our Government, still-young Irfaan Ali our President
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Rupununi Chamber wants Brazil border to remain closed for next three months
The Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) today called on the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to ensure that the Guyana Brazil border remains closed at least for the next three  months or until such time as it is safe to reopen to regular
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Ambassador’s statement on George Floyd killing opens way for reset for American diplomatic engagement here
A public response by US resident Ambassador to Guyana, her Excellency Sarah-Ann Lynch on the US Embassy’s Facebook page decrying the murder of Mr George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer was drawn to my
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Latest tests uncover new COVID-19 case
Guyana has recorded a new positive COVID-19 case, taking its total number of cases to 159, according to the test results released yesterday by the Public Health
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
GECOM Secretariat has officially gone rogue on this nation
As this nation found out from the Elections Day count and the recount exercise conducted at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, 460,352 or approximately 99.1% of them successfully completed valid votes while 4,213 or approximately 0.9% of them saw their votes rejected for a variety of reasons by
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CJ was duty bound to determine whether continued participation by Mingo would undermine public confidence in the process
A judicial review challenge to Mingo’s manipulated tabulation and fraudulent declaration was heard by Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire who, after ruling that the High Court had jurisdiction to hear the case upon the basis of its supervisory powers over a public body exercising public
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Exxon’s flaring raises concerns
An audit and review of their current operations and operational issues should be
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CARICOM team says Guyana election results reflect the will of voters | New York Carib News
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — A Three-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team that monitored the recount of the ballots cast in the disputed March 2 regional and general elections in Guyana, says it did not “witness anything which would render the recount, and by extension, the casting of the
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Guyana to benefit from UK COVID-19 aid to PAHO
Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent
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COVID-19 education sector threats ask searching questions of local IT sector - Starr Computers boss
The nature and impact of the coronavirus on developing countries like Guyana brings into sharp focus the importance of accelerating the growth of the information technology sector in order to better position it to address priority concerns when these arise, Starr Computers Chief Executive
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Granger not conceding, GECOM must declare result in line with tabulated recount of ballots
Our country has been made to suffer through a more than three months wait for an election result which, in fact, was known the day after the elections were held from the Statements of Poll in the possession of the major contesting parties (including the APNU+AFC), the majority of the International
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Caribbean at UN: vote for Security Council | New York Carib News
With only a few days left before all United Nations member states elect two countries to non-permanent seats on the powerful Security Council, a leading Caribbean diplomat at the world body, Liz Thompson used those words to
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Source: The New York Carib News
Thomas, Gerald E. (1929- )
Former Naval officer Gerald Eustis Thomas served as United States Ambassador to Guyana and Kenya. Born in Natick, Massachusetts on June 23, 1929 to Walter and Leila Thomas, President Ronald W. Reagan appointed Gerald E. Thomas to both
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Guyana must build capacity for excellence like Jamaica
The difference between Jamaica and Guyana, in addition to the political interference that you correctly identified, is the quality of the
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The psychology of the Guyanese man and COVID-19
There has been uproar in our society about why, despite there being an information overload on the novel coronavirus, that most men still seem to be overlooking safety precautions by not wearing masks, not practicing social distancing and “liming” when they should be at
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Beaton donates food hampers in Essequibo
Out-of-favour West Indies fast-bowler Ronsford Beaton has joined a list of people on the Essequibo Coast sharing out food hampers during this time of uncertainty owing to the COVID-19
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Gaskin stands by contention that coalition claims of fraud were exaggerated and meant to fool supporters
The letter by Dominic Gaskin
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Non credible Region Four vote count compromised integrity of March 2 polls, EU observers say
In their final report on the March 2nd polls, the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has said that the integrity of the entire electoral process was “seriously compromised” by vote count in Region Four and has cited the senior Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials for acting
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Guyana unfazed by COVID-19–driven global food crisis concerns
Even as several reputable international organizations including the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) assert that the ongoing coronavirus ‘plague’ could precipitate a global food crisis, Guyana, up until now, continues to flaunt its reputation as the ‘bread basket’ of the
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CARICOM, the Caribbean Community Organization
Many countries located in the Caribbean Sea are members of the Caribbean Community, or CARICOM, an organization founded in 1973 to make these several small countries more cooperative, economically competitive, and influential in global politics. Headquartered in Georgetown, Guyana, CARICOM has
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Caricom dismayed at new developments in Guyana
She added further that Caricom “is concerned at reports that the chief elections officer has submitted a report to the Guyana Elections Commission [GECOM] which is contrary to the directions given by the commission, and which does not reflect the results of the recount process as certified by the
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