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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 6, 2020 (CMC) – Attorneys, representing the main opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), have been successful in obtaining a High Court injunction, ordering the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to verify the results of Region Four, the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica March 6, 2020 — The government will be partnering with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Open Campus, over the next three years, to provide training and research on sexual harassment in the workplace and related matters. ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 6, 2020 (CMC) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.1, rocked Trinidad, last night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC), of the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 6, 2020 (CMC) – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is “concerned about the allegations, being made about the Guyana elections”, and called on the Guyana Elections Commission “to ensure that all legal and procedural processes ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 6, 2020 (CMC) – A 42- year old man, and his 42-year-old common law wife, will re-appear in court, on March 31, on more than 40 sexually-related charges, involving the daughter of the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 5, 2020 (CMC) – International observer teams called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to ensure transparency in the counting of the ballots in Region Four, as riot police surrounded the headquarters of the Commission, tonight, as ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 5, 2020 (CMC) – A bomb scare at the office of Region Four’s Returning Officer (RO), with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), led to a brief halt in operations, shortly before midday (local time), today. According to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 4, 2020 (CMC) – With the Returning Officers (RO) in nine of the 10 regions having declared results, the main opposition party, the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), holds a significant 51,439-vote lead in the regional and general ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 4, 2020 (CMC) – The CARICOM Election Observation Mission said, today, that the regional and general elections, held here, on Monday, were “free, fair and transparent” and that it expects that the results “will reflect the free ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 4, 2020 (CMC) – The Carter Centre Observer Mission, today, urged political parties to refrain from making declarations, regarding Monday’s regional and general elections, as Guyana awaits the official results from the country’s electoral commission, GECOM. “The ...