Category: Guyana Chronicle

Dear Editor,MAKE no mistake about it, Guyana’s March 2, 2020 elections remain contentious, not because we do not know that the APNU/AFC ‘Coalition’ received the overall majority of votes, but because of efforts to sabotage the work of GECOM, instigate fraudulent voting, and disrupt our electoral system. It is clear, from the behaviour, language and […]

The Chairman of National Coronavirus Task Force, The Honourable Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, has provided requested guidance to GECOM, as it pertains to the recount, under the very dark and heavy clouds of COVID-19. This guidance from National Coronavirus Task Force (NCTF) was requested by the Chairwoman of GECOM, Ret’d Justice Claudette Singh. The Madam […]

Dear Editor, I am appalled by three articles produced by Demerara Waves on April 15 and 16, 2020 concerning the government’s employment of US Lobbying firm JJ&B, LLC. What is appalling is the fact that Mercury Public Affairs, LLC, hired by the PPP/C is also a US Lobbying firm and Demerara Waves seemed not very […]

…CARICOM officials to undergo RT-PCR tests instead of quarantine By Svetlana Marshall ON the intervention of President David Granger, the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCFT) has agreed to have Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials coming to Guyana for the National Recount to undergo the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for COVID-19 instead of being […]

…GECOM team, health experts visits site for recount exercise By Svetlana Marshall CHAIRMAN of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’s) Claudette Singh said, in light of the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Elections Commission will take all necessary precautions to safeguard the wellbeing of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) high-level team that is expected to […]

– report filed to police, cybercrime unit CHAIR of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, on Monday, said she has filed a report withthe Guyana Police Force and the Cybercrime Unit about an alleged plot to have her assassinated. “Of course, I reported this to the police, but not only the police, […]

Dear Editor, Let us understand when mention is made of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), what organisation is meant.Are we speaking about a body of sworn legal members, trained in the field of law, which profession, often described as noble, is one in which its practitioners would congregate, for discussions on issues of law, as […]

– ‘Where are our Religious Leaders?’ Dear Editor,It is in direct response to your editorial “Where are our Religious Leaders?” that I composed this letter. It is encouraging that you have emphasised the significance of the voice of religious leaders in the context of the political strife our country is experiencing. Consequently, please allow me […]

IT is now abundantly clear that the PPP never intended to have an honest recount of the votes cast at the March 2 general and regional elections. In the first instance, that party never intended to have an honest election period. From the no-confidence motion to the voters list to the count of the votes, […]

– says int’l observers must be subjected to 14-day quarantine THE National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) has decided that the pending national recount must be conducted within the COVID-19 curfew hours, and international observers coming to the country must submit themselves to a 14-day quarantine at a government institution. The Task Force has also requested […]