A briefing from the U.S. State Department today confirms that the Secretary of State will discuss the Venezuelan crisis’s impact on Guyana. This meeting will include President Irfaan Ali and the Guyana Foreign Minister, Hugh Todd. The Secretary of State will arrive in Guyana from Suriname on Thursday to discuss …
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Guyana President David Granger on Monday declined to criticize his Caribbean Community (CARICOM) counterparts over the disputed March 2 elections, saying that “it’s premature for anybody to make a declaration” in the impasse. “Nobody has won, nobody has lost; I will not criticize Prime Minister Mottley,” said Granger in an …
PPP/C Paying US Lobbyist To Make Statements on Guyana’s Electoral System … This Is How They Did It …
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Lady Scotland, the controversial Commonwealth secretary general, who will remain in post until next year, despite Downing Street sowing doubts about her future. Following reports that Boris Johnson had used his role as chair of the Commonwealth organisation to prevent Scotland’s reappointment, she has been given a formal written contract to remain …
PM Mottley violates sacred tenet of her legal profession- called on to harness her behaviour It is disappointing that none other than the sitting head of CARICOM, a Queen’s Counsel in law, choses to make comments subjudice even as the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is yet to hear a …
As tensions rise in Guyana due to the delayed declaration of results for the March 2020 Elections by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley attempted to overturn a Guyanese high court decision with her opinion and interpretation of Guyanese law. PM Mottley took to social media …
Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission Keith Lowenfield today submitted a report to the Chair Justice Claudette Singh, with numbers which do not reflect those certified from the recount activity. The Evening News understands that the GECOM Chair has since rejected the report. According to the figures …
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela complies with informing the Venezuelan people and the international community that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Court of Justice publicly announced, on March 17, 2020, the indefinite suspension of all their hearings and procedural activities; as a consequence, it suspended …
The Court of Appeal will meet this weekend to hear arguments by lawyers in the matter in which a private citizen is seeking a series of orders to stop the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from moving ahead with the declaration of the results from the disputed March 2 regional and …