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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 12, 2020 (CMC) – The Head of the Commonwealth elections observer group that scrutinised the disputed March 2 election in Guyana, Owen Arthur, has defended the statements, made by St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 13, 2020 (CMC) – President David Granger proclaimed, last night, that Guyana is not a “lawless” state and the country’s elections commission (GECOM) should be allowed to perform its function, as nationals await the official declaration of ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 12, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados government took another step towards the complete re-opening of the country’s economy, with the lifting of various restrictions, from Monday, including the lifting of the seven-hour curfew. Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 12, 2020 (CMC) – The governing coalition – A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) — has expressed concern, with statements, made the incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, ...