LONDON, England June 15, 2020 — The Commonwealth Secretariat, today, said it welcomed the report of the CARICOM Observer Team to the Recount of the Guyana’s March 2 elections, and commended them for “their brave and selfless service”. “The CARICOM ...
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St. Kitts Prime Minister Unveils New 11-Member Cabinet
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis June 15, 2020 (CMC) – At an inauguration ceremony at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium, yesterday, Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, unveiled his 11-member Cabinet, promising that it will deliver a stronger and safer future ...
Read More »OAS Calls On GECOM To Declare Election Results, And For Guyana Government To “Prepare For Transition”
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia June 15, 2020 (CMC) – The Organization of American States (OAS) called on the Guyana coalition government, today, “to begin the process of transition, which will allow the legitimately-elected government to take its place”, as the ...
Read More »CARICOM Recount Team Says Election Results Reflect The Will Of Guyanese Voters
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 15, 2020 (CMC) – The three-member, high-level Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team that monitored the recount of the ballots cast in the disputed March 2 regional and general elections, proclaimed that it did not “witness anything, which would ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission’s Chief Elections Officer Submits Recount Report To Chair; Claims Poll Result Was Not “Fair And Credible”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana June 13, 2020 (PRIDE) — Keith Lowenfield, the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), has submitted his report, of the recently-concluded recount of the March 2 election, to the Chair, retired Justice, Claudette Singh, ...
Read More »Bermuda To Get First Female And Black Governor
HAMILTON, Bermuda June 13, 2020 (CMC) – Bermuda is expected to get its first female and first Black Governor, later this year, it was officially announced, yesterday. Government House said Rena Lalgie, who is married with two children, will succeed ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Proclaims Island Ready To Receive Visitors
KINGSTON, Jamaica June 13, 2020 — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, announced that the hospitality industry is ready to receive an estimated 6,000 visitors, who are expected to arrive in the island, between June 15 and 30, as the government ...
Read More »Jamaica Prime Minister Condemns Murder Of Two Police Officers
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 13, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister Andrew Holness, yesterday, described the murders of two police officers and the injury to two others, during an early morning ambush by gunmen, as “an immeasurable tragedy”, and vowed “we will ...
Read More »Trinidad Government Moves To Amend Century-Old Fisheries Legislation
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government has tabled legislation in Parliament, aimed at amending the twin-island’s 104-year-old fisheries legislation. “Madame Speaker, for the first time in 104 years, a Bill ...
Read More »Guyana Rice Producers Increase Exports With First Crop
GEORGETOWN, Guyana June 13, 2020 — The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), on Thursday, reported a 13 percent increase in rice exports, between January and May 2020, when compared to the same period, last year, according to General Manager, Nizam ...
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