WHEN the pens of historians attempt to document and investigate the Guyana elections 2020, it is difficult to see how questions about doubts over what exactly was the will of the Guyanese people expressed on March 2, 2020. In this, they will be compelled to castigate or pour scorn on the long delay which, if […]
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All employees are under the control of their employers
Dear Editor,I am a medical consultant in Acute Medicine. One day my CEO gave me a call to inform me that there is a crisis in Accident and Emergency where many critically ill patients are awaiting beds in Acute Medicine. I was then instructed by said CEO to discharge as many patients as possible so […]
Key meeting on ‘recount’ billed for today
THE untimely access to the written judgment of the Full Court in the recount injunction case forced a cancellation of a planned meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday, which was aimed at charting a way forward. Explaining the same to this newspaper on Wednesday, GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, said that […]
Future of Guyana rests on the leadership of APNU+AFC and PPP
Private citizen Ulita Moore, has filed an appeal, challenging a ruling by the Full Court that the Court has no jurisdiction to review the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) outside of an Elections Petition. The Full Court’s ruling on Tuesday overturned an earlier decision by Justice Franklin Holder that the High Court had […]
Appeal filed against Full Court ruling on recount injunction
Private citizen Ulita Moore, has filed an appeal, challenging a ruling by the Full Court that the Court has no jurisdiction to review the decision of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) outside of an Elections Petition. The Full Court’s ruling on Tuesday overturned an earlier decision by Justice Franklin Holder that the High Court had […]
PSC wants PPP-aligned TVG to stream recount
THE Private Sector Commission (PSC), in a letter to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), has proposed that the National Recount be streamed to those observers who will not be present during the tabulation process, due to restrictions instituted to suppress the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In its proposal, the PSC has indicated that Opposition-affiliated […]
GECOM staff get training for national recount
AHEAD of the highly-anticipated national recount, the Guyana Elections Officer (GECOM) conducted a training session with more than 80 of its employees, detailing the procedures that would be employed once the recount commences. The exercise was conducted on Thursday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) where the votes cast at the March 2 General […]
Freddie has become a bitter man
Dear EditorFormer University of Guyana Lecturer Freddie Kissoon, has become a bitter man after the non-renewal of his contract by University of Guyana several years ago, and has been employed at Kaieteur News as a columnist, which seems to be the major accomplishment of his life; thinks that he can trick people into accepting his […]
The rigging ‘jumbies’ have been coming forth from the ballot boxes
Dear Editor,GUARDIANS of democracy, they have claimed to be; democrats, always pretended they are; and its tenets they have always been erecting as a false front behind which they and their cohorts of anti-nationals have continued to inflict grievous wounds on this nation. For these undisguised anti-nationals to have brought us to a point where […]
The Joint Services vote must be counted
Dear Editor,Our fellow Guyanese, we address you because you are our brothers, our sisters, our fathers, our mothers, our neighbours, our cousins and other extended relatives. We live in the same towns, villages, and some of us are from the city of Georgetown. We attended the same schools, churches, masjids and temples. We are one […]