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Dear Editor,IT IS widely circulated in sections of the media that a recount is simply a recount of ballots; that is, an iterative process of counting one, two, three and arriving at a total. This understanding has to be dispelled. Guyanese must understand that a recount is for all intents and purposes a thorough repeat […]

THE Shipping Association of Guyana is the most recent business to have come out against the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for the publication of a statement which does not align with the views of the association. The association took ill with the PSC’s statement titled ‘Business, religious, labour petitions Inter-American Human Rights Commission to avert […]

…PPP-aligned commissioners  counter with 10-day proposal By Svetlana Marshall THE Guyana Elections Commission, after meeting for close to eight hours on Thursday, took a decision to have the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield revise his draft operational plan for a national recount to include decisions made on the basis of additional proposals tabled. Thursday’s […]

Dear Editor,For almost 20 years I have been a teacher at the Secondary Level with unbroken services and a Part-Time Lecturer at Cyril Potter College of Education, Vreed-en-Hoop Centre over a decade. Being in such employ has afforded me the opportunity and experience to teach, motivate, inspire and love children and teachers of all walks […]

…as recount exercise exposes discrepancies— edits made on March 7, 2020— total tabulation removed THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has modified its Statements of Poll (SOPs), one day after the commencement of the national recount process, sparking much discussion on social media. Shortly after the breakdown in the tabulation of Region Four SOPs by the […]

…GECOM to decide on way forward; APNU+AFC says let’s get to the bottom of it…PPP/C and aligned Commissioner dismiss it as immaterial THREE days into the National Recount, a ballot box was discovered with more ballots than electors marked as voted on the Official List of Electors – an anomaly which has been brought to […]

THE recount of ballots for Region Three was halted, during the afternoon period on Friday, after some ballot boxes were found to be without their Official List of Electors, without the required envelopes and unsigned oaths of identity. This incident has been reported to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and a decision is expected on […]

Dear EditorI must confess I was very gratified to see the number of young people who were lining up early yesterday to spend 11 hours in (relatively) close confinement doing their civic duty in this time of viral political and covid19 contagion. The face masks seem especially appropriate at this time because they provided prophylactic […]

— but acknowledged need for quickening the pace of recount By Gabriella Chapman THE A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) have commended the recount process thus far, even though the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has criticised the current pace as slow. Day three on Friday got off on a […]

…as GECOM sees improvements in recount process AS of Friday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to count votes contained in 108 ballots boxes drawn from Region One (Barima-Waini), Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) as it sees improvements in the National Recount Process.On the first day of the […]