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The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) on Wednesday filed an election petition with the High Court, questioning the validity of the May 11 General and Regional Elections, while asking the court to grant a number of orders including the nullification of the May 11, 2015 Election, as well as an order for new elections to be held, among several others. The petition was filed by former Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, on behalf of the applicant, PPP/C Executive Member Ganga Persaud, under the National Assembly (Validity of Elections)…

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In wake of criticism from one of its members, Dr Vindhya Persaud about it not entering Parliament, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) said party members can agree to disagree. In an email addressed to several of her colleagues, Dr Persaud strongly expressed her disagreement with the Party’s plan to protest whilst the 11th Parliament was being convened. The former Member of Parliament (MP) and current Head of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, which represents a major part of the PPP/C’s constituency, argued that previous protest actions organised by the Party…

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The A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Government has once again warned the defiant land grabbers against their unlawful activity as it urged those persons to simply apply for house lots, warning that lands squatted on after January 1, 1998 would not be regularised. Since the announcement that the APNU+AFC Government has won the 2015 General and Regional Elections, hundreds of Guyanese strangely began combing their areas for unoccupied lands to start squatting. The defiant land grabbers have already declared their reluctance to stop, claiming that the Government,…

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By Vahnu Manikchand As thousands of Guyanese braved the rain on Tuesday to witness the inauguration of Guyana’s eighth Executive President, David Granger, Sir Shridath Ramphal has challenged the newly-elected President and his A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Government to work towards achieving national unity in Guyana, as he called for the end of political division. Sir Shridath was at the time addressing the large gathering at the Guyana National Stadium where the country’s 49th Independence Celebrations and the inauguration were being held. He told…

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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that a policeman be criminally charged in connection with the murder of well-known businessman Mohamed F Khan while another should face departmental charges for his role in the crime. The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Wednesday returned the file in the Mohamed Feroze Khan murder case to the Police. Guyana Times reported on Sunday that a former Assistant Police Commissioner and a Sergeant who were implicated in the murder of Khan are expected to face Lennox Wayne also…

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– gold production pegged at 50,000 ounces this year Canadian based gold firm Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) has announced that it is on track of starting up its Aurora, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) gold project next month, and has projected to produce between 30,000 to 50,000 ounces of gold in 2015 and approximately 120,000 to 140,000 ounces in 2016. In a statement, GGI announced that the mill commissioning process has commenced and the Aurora Gold Project remains on track for projected initial gold production in mid-2015. According to the company, overall…

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The Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) will be renamed the “Arthur Chung Convention Centre”. Guyana’s newly-elected Eighth Executive President, retired Brigadier David Granger announced this on Wednesday during a conference with the Permanent Secretaries and Heads of State Agencies at the GICC, Liliendaal Greater Georgetown. Guyana’s First President Arthur Chung, who served from 1970 to 1980, does not have any significant monument or historic landmark named in his honour in the country he determinedly served. According to Granger, persons of various countries all over the world, particularly the United States…

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Some six days after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) declared A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) as the winner of the 2015 General and Regional Elections, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is requesting the final figures of the results. Leader of the PPP/C Donald Ramotar has sent a letter through his lawyer to Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield requesting “the results in respect to each Ballot Box of the votes cast, both valid and invalid, at those elections” and “a copy of every Statement of Poll that was…

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The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is yet to publish the results of Elections 2015 in the Official Gazette despite having declared the final results of these elections last Saturday. From all indications the results will not be ‘Gazetted’ before another week, or more, has passed. This does not sit well with the now-opposition Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) which is desirous of obtaining copies of the Statements of Polls (SOPs) as well as the tally sheets used by GECOM to arrive at final result it declared last Saturday. However, GECOM…

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