Incumbent President David Granger is adamant that he will choose his running mate for the March 02, 2020 general and regional elections, noting that the nominee will have…
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FITUG slams decision to exclude persons from voters’ list
Despite unequivocal objections from the Opposition, business community and civil society, the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) will press ahead with its new policy of giving persons 21 days…
Can Guyana Survive Striking It Rich?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Early last month, Guyanese President David Granger was knees-down in a community garden brandishing a spade. Granger was there to plant a tree — it…
Pegasus Hotel’s owner denies entering politics because he didn’t get tax concessions
Leader of Change Guyana (CG), Robert Badal on Tuesday bluntly denied entering Guyana’s electoral race because he did not get 50 percent of concessions that he was “entitled…
GECOM to publish names of persons still to uplift ID cards
The Guyana Elections Commission will, this weekend, publish the names of over 25,000 persons who have failed to uplift their National Identification Cards, having applied for same some…
‘Illegal’ to merge data from house-to-house registration with existing electoral lists -Nandlall
It would be illegal to merge data from the recent house-to-house registration process with existing electoral lists and any attempt will “contaminate the entire electoral process,” former Attorney…
Central Bank Govt overdraft widens to over $69B
The Bank of Guyana’s public deposits, which holds monies for central Government and State-owned enterprises, is wallowing in an overdraft that only gets wider with each passing month,…
GECOM pushes ahead with plan to remove names of those who did not collect ID cards
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be moving ahead with plans to remove the names of over 25,000 persons from the voters list who have not collected their…
APNU floats 70:30 ratio for House seats
Negotiations between the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance for Change (AFC) for the revision of the Cummingsburg Accord is expected to focus on the formula…
Over 5000 new registrations, 14 transfers
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) wrapped up its Claims exercise on Monday with over 26,000 transactions, even as scores of persons took advantage of the last day to…