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Dear Editor, WE brothers and sisters of African descent have noted a press release purportedly coming from the Guyana Reparations Committee dated June 11, 2020 and has as its signature bloc, Commissioners of the Guyana Reparations Committee. This missive comes at a time when, as a nation, we have just successfully completed the recount of […]

Dear Editor,PAY close attention to any pro-democracy or anti-dictatorship or pro-civil liberties protest around the world, and you are more likely than not to see a placard with the words, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This galvanising statement is attributed to Edmund Burke (1729-1797), […]

…Coalition candidate Mahipaul argues in urging GECOM to nullify polls …says elections must represent the will of the people “FRAUD is fraud,” and these elections were fraudulent based on the irregularities uncovered during the recount,” APNU+AFC candidate, Ganesh Mahipaul, has said, as he made his case for the Guyana Elections Commission to nullify March 2, […]

…Chief Justice tells Nandlall after he withdrew contempt case against GECOM officials  -admits he had no evidence against Mingo, others By Svetlana Marshall  ONE day before the court was set to rule in the contempt case – Reeaz Holladar v. Returning Officer for Region Four Clairmont Mingo and others, Anil Nandlall – the applicant’s attorney […]

Dear Editor,A PROBLEM that turns our midwifery into infanticide needs an urgent and thorough solution. I submit that curing, reversing, repairing of the flagrant, and blatant, rampant and pervasive fraud, dishonesty and statutory illegalities that the National Recount has unearthed and exposed is the historic challenge of GECOM/CEO in delivery of a valid and fair […]

 APNU+AFC calls out St. Vincent’s PM for seeking to direct GECOM– reminds him four-stage recount process still ongoing THE APNU+AFC Coalition has expressed surprise and disappointment at the remarks of incoming CARICOM Chair and Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, who put a limitation on the actions the Guyana Elections […]

– he’s no right to interfere in Guyana’s elections Dear Editor,DR. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is brazenly attempting to preempt the CARICOM elections recount Observer Mission in Guyana.In a radio interview on Wednesday, he attempted to dictate to GECOM how it should execute its functions as prescribed by the […]

– As threats issued to relinquish jobs– Coalition government assures of job security THE current political atmosphere has been causing and raising tension in the country as everyone awaits the final outcome of the national recount. Although no winner has as yet been declared or even hinted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), which is […]

Dear Editor,I WOULD like Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo to know he can fool some of the people some of the time, but he cannot fool all the people all the time. I had to blink more than once, because I couldn’t believe what I was reading in the newspapers. I read that Mr. Jagdeo was calling […]

Dear Editor,I NOTE with interest the robust reply to a letter by Dr. David Hinds, in which he argued that these elections could not be considered credible with all that has come to light during examination of the ballot boxes. All the concerned entities and individuals, including your newspaper, have crowned to the main issue, […]