Category: Guyana Chronicle

By Svetlana Marshall WILL the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) order a National Recount? That decision would be determined today, when the Commission, chaired by Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, meets to chart the way forward with the anticipation of bringing an end to the electoral process, which has been protracted for more than a month. When […]

…transaction for Kingston property acquisition started under PPP  By Lisa Hamilton  KNOWN critics of the government have been called out for seeking to create controversy, where none such exists, in the recent transfer of property by the Government to BK Marine Inc., owned by Brian Tiwari. An Order gazetted on March 28, 2020, made its […]

At the 56th meeting of Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) on Tuesday, the Commonwealth committed to supporting CARICOM in its endeavours to monitor the smooth flow of democracy in Guyana. Attending the meeting by video conference was Ambassador Raychelle Omamo SC, EGH, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Ministers and Representatives of Australia, Barbados, […]

…says party through Mercury spinning false narrative of elections victory IN a counter strike on Thursday, the APNU+AFC slammed the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) for utilising violent, questionable and anti-national means to grab at an elections victory which it “did not earn”. In a scathing response to a release from the Opposition which accused the […]

TODAY, two of the region’s leading legal luminaries would engage in a legal battle of words in the Court of Appeal on whether the Full Court erred when it ruled that the Court has no jurisdiction to review the actions of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) outside of an Elections Petition. Grenadian Queen Counsel, Dr […]

…as high-level team arrives to supervise exercise–CARICOM Chair urges credible, transparent process AHEAD of the arrival of the high-level Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday, CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley said the National Recount of the March 2020 Elections must be credible and transparent; that nothing else will suffice. “The Community calls […]

…but workers urged to continue the fight for their rights Wendella DavidsonLABOUR DAY in Guyana, and for some other countries, is traditionally celebrated, in May, yearly. The commemorative event has its genesis in the struggle of workers in Chicago, in the United States, for improved working conditions, when, on May 4, 1886, a number of […]

–37,979 persons eligible to do so in Reg. 2 ESSEQUIBIANS, particularly young people, are eager to cast their ballots in today’s highly-anticipated General and Regional Elections. On Sunday, the atmosphere in the predominantly agricultural region, was reportedly calm. According to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the Pomeroon-Supenaam District has 135 polling stations, with 37,979 eligible […]

…. GECOM assures nation all systems in place, observers all set  By Lisa Hamilton  THE Guyana Elections Com­mission (GECOM) bas given the assurance that all systems art in place for smooth elections today as Guyanese go to the polls to elect a new government. Over 600,000 Guyanese are eligible to vote in the 2020 General […]

-electorate runs final check to ensure they are on the list By Navendra Seoraj ELECTORS along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were making final checks to ensure that their names were on the list at various polling stations, especially those stations which were reshuffled by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), to avoid congestion.The Guyana […]