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Executive Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Zulfikar Mustapha, is making his final bid to rescind President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired Justice James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM), by challenging the Appellate Court’s decision at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). In documents seen by Guyana Times International on Wednesday, Attorney Anil Nandlall, who represents Mustapha, filed leave to appeal the October 19, 2018 decision of acting Chancellor Madam Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and fellow Appellate Court Justices Dawn Gregory and Justice Rishi Persaud…

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An overseas-based Guyanese has donated in excess of G$1 million in cash and other items to dismissed sugar workers in East Canje and Skeldon, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). Each of the worker received G$5000 along with lunch on Wednesday. Some of the former estate workers were also given school bags for their children. The donor, who asked for his name not to be published, left Guyana in 1982 at age 19. He told Guyana Times International that in New York where he currently lives, many Guyanese are disappointed with…

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…says bridge was a wise investment The impending toll increases to use the Berbice River Bridge has attracted the attention of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), with the Union on Tuesday rapping the Government for its less than mature approach to resolving the matter. On Tuesday, FITUG stressed that Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) supplies the entire country with agriculture produce and thus, higher tolls would result in higher prices for groceries. The Union noted the seriousness of the situation, from both the economic point of view…

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…Jagdeo takes Minister Jordan to task over “drug economy” statement   Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has taken Finance Minister Winston Jordan to task over his statement about the economy pre-May 2015 being heavily based on proceeds of the drug trade, stating that it is just another excuse for Government’s poor performance. Jagdeo told media operatives on Wednesday that Jordan’s statement is highly political and was expecte d, especially since it is the political season that leads to the upcoming Local Government Elections. But the former President noted that the Minister’s…

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On Thursday, the PPP/C joined hundreds of sugar workers in protest outside Parliament calling on the APNU+AFC Government to pay the workers their severance. The government, through Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan requested supplementary finances in the sum of G$2.4B to pay the second half of severance due to the more than 3,000 workers made redundant following the re-organisation of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

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The appeal case filed by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Secretary Zulfikar Mustapha challenging the unilateral appointment of retired Justice James Patterson as Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman has been dismissed by two of the three judges presiding over the case. Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and fellow Appeal Court Justices Dawn Gregory and Rishi Persaud presided over the matter. The PPP was seeking to have the Court reverse the June 2018 High Court ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George, SC, who upheld Justice Patterson’s…

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United States-based international merchant bank, Merrill Lynch, which operates under the auspices of Bank of America, has expressed interest in helping Guyana to set up its Sovereign Wealth Fund (SVF) to manage revenues earned from the emerging oil and gas sector for local development. At a press conference on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge, disclosed that on the sidelines of the recently concluded United Nations (UN) General Assembly he met with a number of agencies including Merrill Lynch, during which they were briefed on the progress and process of…

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The Guyana Government has promised that no foreign company that plans to operate in the local oil and gas sector will be granted any special privilege or favour. This commitment was made by Head of the Department of Energy in the Ministry of the Presidency, Dr Mark Bynoe, who addressed a delegation of Canadian businesses visiting Guyana. At a special reception hosted at the Canadian High Commissioner’s residence on Monday, Dr Bynoe noted that the Energy Department will continue to honour its obligations, “but it will be firm and consistent…

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…say callous, uncaring approach will create more hardships A large group of small miners in Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) on Wednesday protested the seizure of their mining equipment by operatives of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) as they expressed calls for amnesty. The miners gathered in the town of Mahdia as they stood united, saying “bread” is being taken out of their mouths as they called for total amnesty after their equipment were seized. The miners accused the David Granger led-administration of snatching their livelihood from them. The protest…

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…as LGE draws closer            

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