Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor,Mr. Anil Nandlall has taken issue with my observation that he has said that the representatives of the ABCE countries are on the side of the PPP in its battle with the APNU+AFC Coalition over the March 2 election. (Stabroek News May 21, 2020). The former Attorney General was at the time speaking on […]

WITH many of the teething problems addressed and the addition of two workstations taking the total number to 12, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Secretariat is making significant strides at it recounts the votes cast at the General and Regional Elections last March. On Thursday, Day 16, the secretariat processed a total of 88 ballot […]

–parents, teachers concerned over students preparedness for NGSA “PSYCHOLOGICALLY, I don’t think he’s prepared,” said the father of his 11-year-old child who attends the Peter’s Hall Primary School and who is gearing up to write the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examination set for July 2020. The exams, which were to be held on April […]

Dear EditorONE should be able to recall a certain Sasenarine Singh, a then member of the Alliance For Change (AFC) who, many years ago, wrote several letters in the Kaieteur News criticising the Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar regimes for their policies. But memory will recall that there had been also a particular letter, published […]

…asks GECOM to further increase workstations THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), in a meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), tabled a number of recommendations to increase the rate at which the 2020 Elections Ballots are being recounted, among them a proposal for the number of workstations to be further increased, and the 25-day timeline […]

Dear Editor,HAVING read Stabroek News’ editorial and Freddie’s Kaieteur column, both dated 18 May, 2020, I wish to proffer one overlooked aspect of the elections which has resulted in the current election standoff. While indeed what occurred post-elections appears unbelievable, little-known machinations which took place before and on elections day will allow readers to better […]

Dear Editor,ANY negotiation or conflict-resolution expert would tell you that in any conflict it would be unusual for one party to be solely responsible. As a result, for the complete resolution of a dispute, the warring factions must be prepared to come to the negotiating table with an honest disposition to acknowledge their wrongs. This […]

…writes COVID-19 Taskforce to add more workstations TWO days after the National COVID-19 Taskforce (NCTF) approved the establishment of two additional workstations from a proposed six; the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) penned a letter, asking it to reconsider its decision to allow for two more to accelerate the pace at which the 2020 Elections ballots […]

… POs in OLE mix up called in to explain AT the close of operations at the Arthur Chung Confluence Centre (ACCC) on Wednesday”)’, votes from 71 ballot boxes had been recounted, taking tbt total number of ballot boxes pro­cessed to date to 789. There is a total of 2, 339 ballot boxes to be […]

Dear Editor  PRESIDENT David Granger was greeted as a real statesman when he entered the. Arthur Chung Convention Centre recently. It could not have been a ‘surprise’ visit because members of the media, as well as some of the persons involved in the recount process ·were prepared to welcome him.  However, the real joy and […]