Dear Editor “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doing doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good just because it is accepted by a majority,” Booker T Washington. THE most recent interview with the former attorney general Mr. A nil Nandlall with Travis Chase, where he did not appear to be intoxicated and sleepy as […]
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MY TURN | GUYANA’S SOVEREIGNTY ON TRIAL
FINANCE Minister Winston Jordan has reported that for 2019 the Guyana economy performed “creditably and remained stable.” The economy grew by 5.4 per cent. Gross international reserves rose to US$575.6 million, from US$528.4 million, in 2018.“Guyana remains among the very few countries that are expected to grow appreciably in 2020,” the minister asserted, as he […]
Court issues summons for Lowenfield
MAGISTRATE Faith McGusty, who sits at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, on Friday morning issued a summons for Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to attend court and answer to the three charges filed against him for alleged fraud and misconduct, based on his Elections Report submitted on June 23. Initially, two private charges were filed […]
Coalition releases death certificates of persons listed as voted
IN support of its contention that persons voted for the deceased during the General and Regional Elections, tbt A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has made public several death certificates of persons who were marked off on the Official List of Electors as having voted. Death certificates were provided for Pearl Moore, […]
Charges against CEO unfounded
…AG Chambers says only High Court can enquire into conduct of GECOM…calls on DPP to prevent abuse of court by quashing charges The private criminal charges purportedly filed in the Magistrate’s Court against Keith Lowenfield are unfounded and unsupported in law as questions into whether he has performed his functions validly is prohibited by the […]
What Bharrat wants and Freddie’s new Phd narrative
Dear editor, I AM at my wits end with Bharrat. I am at the end of my tether with this man. No matter what we do, how we bend backwards or how much we compromise, it never seems to satisfy him. You think I am confabulating? Then just have a read of a few of […]
‘Too much at stake for Guyana’
-Prime Minister Rowley urges speedy resolution to elections impasse Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley ,one several CARICOM leaders who have been engaging officials here on conclusion of the electoral process , has expressed hope that the situation will come to a finality soon, noting that there is too much at stake for […]
THERE IS A CLEAR PRECEDENT FOR CARICOM’S INVOLVEMENT IN DISPUTED REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN GUYANA
THE involvement of our regional partners in settling major elections issues should be welcomed. We are founding members of Caricom and Secretariat is located in our capital city. Above all, Guyana is a signatory to the Caricom Charter on Democracy; it behooves us to be exemplary in our interaction with this regional body. However, it […]
The Bryan Max saga and freedom of speech
Dear Editor, PLEASE permit me space in your daily newspaper to share my thoughts on the Bryan Max saga. You see, people tend to forget the type of government we have had from the year 1992-2015, where dictatorship was the rule of the day. One cannot deny the fact that under the rule of the […]
GECOM would have to approach gov’t on recount in light of COVID-19 restrictions
CONSIDERING the existing restrictions in place to guard against the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will have to approach government to discuss the facilitation of a possible recount of the ballots from the March 2, General and Regional Election. The Court of Appeal today will hand down its ruling […]