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See below full statement issued by GOGEC: The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali on their victory in the General and Regional Elections held on September 1, 2025. We applaud the people of Guyana for participating peacefully…
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The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) will take control of the National Assembly with a far greater majority, with the party’s general secretary, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, telling the News Room that he was happy securing a landslide victory as predicted, increasing the parliamentary majority from one seat to seven seats. The results mean that the…
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The three GECOM-nominated commissioners for the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) did not show up to a meeting called by Chairman of the Commission, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, to certify the results of the September 1 general and regional elections ahead of a declaration. The meeting was summoned for 11:00 pm but had to…
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With the recount and tabulation completed for votes cast in District Four, Aubrey Norton’s PNC-led Coalition APNU has come out with less votes. The original vote count showed APNU with 46,956 votes for District Four, but the recount showed them with 46,949; that’s seven votes less. The incumbent People’s Progressive Party gained two votes, moving…
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Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh has called a meeting with the APNU and PPP/C GECOM Commissioners. The News Room was reliably informed that the meeting is set to commence at 23:00 hrs Friday for the certification of the results from the September 1 general and regional elections, following a…
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See below full statement issued by AmCham Guyana: The American Chamber of Commerce Guyana (AmCham Guyana) extends its warmest congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali on his re-election as President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. AmCham Guyana fielded a large observation team of more than 90 members that monitored the recent elections…
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Some 36 hours after the process commenced, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has finally completed the recount for Subdistrict Four of District 4 and parts of District Five. Several observers of the process at the GECOM Headquarters in Kingston, Georgetown, have revealed that the recount did not change the outcome of the September 1 general…
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The chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, has told Aubrey Norton, leader of the PNC-led APNU, that any party aggrieved by the outcome of the elections will have the right to file an appeal with the High Court. This follows a request by Norton for the polls to be quashed…
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Out of the 77 ballot boxes from District Five in the ongoing recount exercise at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), only 30 remain to be counted as the process nears completion. This is according GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj. The recount commenced on Thursday with votes cast in Sub-district 4 of District Four in the September…
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The Private Sector Commission (PSC) reaffirms that the September 1, 2025 General and Regional Elections were free, fair, and credible. We are concerned by attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the process through the selective and misleading use of the European Union Election Observation Mission’s (EU EOM) preliminary report. The EU’s own findings are unambiguous:…
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